There are few moments in the history of any country or era as beautiful as the short life of Akhenaten, king of Egypt in the early 14th century BC. e. Some people were noted for their extraordinary intelligence, others became known as great artists, and others gained immortal memory through good deeds. But few were intellectual geniuses, artists, and saints at the same time, perfect beings by nature. Akhenaten was one of those rare historical figures whose very existence is enough to make him proud of his belonging to the human race, despite all the atrocities that have dishonored our species from its inception to the present day.