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Note to moderator: read answerline carefully. A rapid construction method developed under this ruler made use of standardized talatat blocks. This ruler was accused of sending gold-plated wooden statues instead of solid gold ones in letters (20[1])sent by King Tushratta of Mittani. (20[3])This ruler held a Sed (20[1]0[2])festival (0[1])unusually (0[1])early (0[2])in his reign, (0[1])possibly indicating that he initially co-ruled with his father (*) Amenhotep (0[1])III. (10[2]0[2])The artist Thutmose (0[1])depicted this ruler’s wife (10[1]0[1])in a polychrome (10[1])limestone bust. (10[1])At this ruler’s (10[1])capital of Amarna, archaeologists (10[1])found a relief depicting this ruler worshiping a disc with hands (10[1])emanating (10[1])from (0[1])it. For 10 points, name this husband of Nefertiti (10[1]0[1])and father of Tutankhamun, (10[2]0[2])a pharaoh who promoted monotheistic worship of the sun god Aten. (10[3])■END■ (10[9]0[6])

ANSWER: Akhenaten [or Echnaton; or Akhenaton; or Amenophis IV; accept Amenhotep IV until “Amenhotep” is read, prompt afterwards; prompt on Amenhotep]
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