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Akhenaten, a unique pharaoh

François Pieter Retief, Louise Cilliers

Abstract


Akhenaten was a unique pharaoh in more ways than one. He initiated a major socio-religious revolution that had vast consequences for his country, and possessed a strikingly abnormal physiognomy that was of note in his time and has interested historians up to the present era. In this study, we attempt to identify the developmental disorder responsible for his eunuchoid appearance.

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François Pieter Retief, University of the Free State

Louise Cilliers, University of the Free State

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Keywords

Eunuchoid physiognomy; Kallmann's Syndrome; Fertile Unuch Syndrome

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South African Medical Journal 2011;101(9):628,630.

Article History

Date submitted: 2010-08-22
Date published: 2011-09-05

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