2020/04/27 by Emil Khalisi · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.EP #physics.hist-ph
published as Habilitation at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, February 2020 · 7 pages, 3 figs, 2 tabs; *overhauled and improved version*
arxiv published 2020/04/27 · arxiv created 2020/07/20 · arxiv updated 2020/09/04
We suggest an earlier date for the accession of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the New Kingdom in Egypt. His first year of reign would be placed in 1382 BCE. This conjecture is based on the possible witness of three annular eclipses of the sun during his lifetime: in 1399, 1389, and 1378 BCE. They would explain the motive for his worship of the sun that left its mark on later religious communities. Evidence from Akhenaten's era is scarce, though some lateral dependencies can be disentangled on implementing the historical course of the subsequent events.