AFTERMATHNa-aghta lost no time after this in trying to destroy anyone and anything that threatened his security.
He and his supporters infiltrated the crowds in Akhetaten and within days had so roused their fear and their passion that mob violence did all his work for him.
Though Horemheb must surely share the blame with the priests of Amun for what happened in Akhetaten that terrible day, he was, at the time, not in the city. He was on his way from Men-nefer, a few hours rowing from Akhetaten, when he heard the news, and those who were with him could testify to his shock and anger. It was true that he had encouraged the Priests of Amun in their bid to place upon the throne a king who would return the Two Lands to the way it had been before. It was true he hated Akhenaten for his obsessi
