ionary. A new art form began to develop. It was inventive and exciting. It began to portray different types of scenes. It showed more domestic pictures. Pictures of Akhenaten kissing his wife, in ceremony, or at the dinner table with his family. One mural of Akhenatens daughters shows them in playful poses, studied defiance of all rules of Pharoanic dignity. Scenes of busy markets and soldiers guardrooms were depicted. These are scenes of everyday life, instead dealing with ertenal things. There is seen a truth in art. More natural scenes with dogs running and game fleeing the hunt. An example of a new style of art was the portrait of Nefertiti. It must have offended the traditionalists. " It gave a delicate and fleeting "impression" instead of presenting the appearance of solidity and endurance. But not all was well in the empire during the later years of the king. The people did not understand the new religion. Nor did they like it. They were used to the old way of many gods. And in particular the god Osiris. Add to the fact that Akhenaten was not a warrior but an intellectual and that he had a dislike for war. And he had no time for foreign affairs or politics. He didnt give the army much thought and there were problems from the Hittites on Egypts northern border. The army is starting to join forces with the people and priest classes to format plans to overthrow the king. Things at home are not going so well either. AMENHOTEP IV second daughter, Meketaten, dies around the fourteenth year of reign. Also about this time Nefertity his queen seems to have fallen out of favor, exiled or maybe died. This may be too much for the king. He marries his daughter, MaritAten, to Smenkhkare. Akhenaten named Smenkhkare as his successor and perhaps co-ruler. A short time later, in about1358 BC Akhenaten dies and Smenkhkare ascends the throne. Smenkhkare is not a strong leader and soon the power of the priests of Amen rise again. Smenkh...
