His past connections with Akhnaton told against him, and after a year or so he disappeared, leaving the throne vacant once more.
As the years went by Akhnaton seems to have given himself more and more completely to his new religion.
But Akhnaton's god was the intangible and yet ever-present Father of mankind, made manifest in sunshine.
Akhnaton had been opposed to warfare, and had dreamed that dream of universal peace which still is a far-off light to mankind.
It was usual for the Pharaoh to keep aloof from his people: Akhnaton was to be found in their midst.
