The book by the famous French Egyptologist Christian Jacques is the first detailed description in Russian of one of the most mysterious periods in the history of Ancient Egypt. It clearly tells about the life and activities of the “solar couple” - Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. There are many mysteries associated with the reign of Akhenaten, who lived more than three thousand years ago. Researchers still cannot come to a consensus on the questions of what were the prerequisites for Akhenaten’s “religious reform”, why he decided to build a new capital for himself, how to explain that the images of the pharaoh differ sharply from the images of his predecessors and successors... Christian Jacques offers readers its own version of those ancient events.