interesting read! I had not looked into the politics of AE before. Makes a great deal of sense that religion was used as an ideological tool back then as it was up until very recently, also to a lesser degree to this day. :)

"The pharaoh wanted to be so truthful he surpassed reality, he refused to make paintings and sculptures follow the same idealized beauty standards previous kings had followed."

This may be where he went wrong, drastic change is hard for people to adapt to, maybe he would have been more widely accepted after his death, who can say.