I would even go as far as to say that what enhance my power almost destroyed my kingdom. With so much land from the ex-temples being transferred to the throne, there was room for sloppy property handling and Ancient Egyptian real estate fraud. Not only that, but establishing new Aten temples and constructing a brand new capital city completely exhausted national resources. Plus, while I myself was busy with the reform, I let my advisors supervise the entire rest of the country. It all worked out in the end, but, looking back at it 3367 years later, I really should have seen that …show more content…
Even so, all good things must come to an end, and I knew that I needed someone to take over for me when I died. The only problem was that I had no sons, only two daughters, and, as such, I had no heir. So, as a solution, I decided that my successor would be Smenkhkare, the husband of my oldest daughter, Meritaten and the older brother of the “Boy King Tut”, Tutankhamen. He served as a co-regent by my side for two years, until, eventually, I died in 1350