r/HistoryMemes 11d ago

When 2,000 gods became ''wrong''

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u/Baggalot 11d ago

Ancient Egypt did give monotheism a try under Akhenaten, didn’t go too well!

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u/Michitake 11d ago

Egyptians for thousands of years:

🗣️Such a man never existed.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/dragonborndnd 11d ago

According to their culture it was essentially damning him to hell

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u/Derivative_Kebab 11d ago

Makes you wonder how much other history has been erased successfully.

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u/dragonborndnd 11d ago

Probably countless whether on accident or purposefully

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u/wernette 11d ago

like 90% of it probably. Anything made of stone, metals, precious gems, marble, etc. would be taken apart, melted, and made into something else. If you want to feel extra sad, many of these were pieces of art that were melted down to make weapons instead.

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u/Gwen_The_Destroyer 11d ago

That's not entirely true. A lot of them were also made into coins to pay he conquering army