tta to Tiye during the first few years of Amenhotep IV reign. The letter asks Tiye to intervene and to help create good relations with Amenhotep IV and himself. We can assume that Tiye is in a position to least influence or give counsel to Amenhotep IV . So we see a young man who was not physically strong, and in fact may have been sick. And because of the physical condition did not spend much time with his father on hunting expeditions, but instead stayed home surrounded by sisters and a mother who would seem a greater influence upon him. What sort of man is this Amenhotep IV, who comes to the throne of Egypt? As we've seen he does not have what is considered to be a normal appearance, by traditional standards of that time. Because of its features is believed he may have had some sort of systematic disease which kept him from being athletic. and therefore inclined to intellectual persuits. It is been speculated that he may have had Froelich's syndrome. This disease however would mAkhenatene it impossible for Amenhotep IV to have children. And since the king appears many times with his wife and children Froelich's syndrome seems to be ruled out. It's been suggested, then the he may yet had Marfan's syndrome. This may be a more likely possibility since Marfan's syndrome does not affect fertility. Here we have a young man who sees to been raised by Mother of strong influence and who still may have influenced over him as king. A man who enjoys intellectual pleasures over traditional manly pleasures such as hunting. A young man who may not be strong and sure of himself as ruler. Yet there are those around him, priests of Amen, who are strong politically and financially and wish to stay that way. No matter who is in power. Will this situation have an affect on the reign of Akhenaten? His first few years show no great revolutionary intentions. He makes his sister Nefertity his queen. Like his mother, his queen is a strong and infl...
