| | Pharaoh Akhenaten's Odd Appearance: Genetics or Aesthetics? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | One theory is that it was some form of religious symbolism. |
| | Because the god Aten was referred to as "The mother and father of all human kind," it has been suggested that Akhenaten was made to look androgynous in artwork as a symbol of the androgyny of the god (Aldred, C. 1988, Pg. |
| | It has also been suggested that the distinctive art of this time was some kind of expressionistic art style, and it has been pointed out that everyone depicted in the artwork of the period showed some of the odd features of the king and his family. |
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