ABSTRACT
In the year 1880, near the Egyptian village of Tell el-Amarna, a great number of tablets with Asiatic texts were found. These tablets were discovered to be important historical documents, containing the strangest revelations, especially about King Amenhotep IV and his reign. The hieroglyphic texts preserved from that period, together with the 'Amarna tablets', make it possible for the historian to form a clear picture of the king's personality. Those who are accustomed to study the mind in the light of Freudian theory must feel the life of Amenhotep IV almost as a challenge for psycho-analytical investigation. The chapter explains, after the death of Amenhotep III the cult of Aton spread more widely. To take Amenhotep IV as the subject of a psycho-analytical investigation would be a completely fantastic and futile enterprise, without the clear information concerning his 'parent-complex' which the young king's history contains.
