Kheperkheperura-Ay was the 14th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, who had a short reign of 3 or 4 years (1346-1343 BC), succeeding the young Tutankhamon, who died prematurely. With him closed what was called "the Amarna period", during which Akhenaton, "the heretic", and his immediate successors tried to change the thousand-year-old religious system of the country. In fact these had never disappeared, and after these pharaohs they returned to there honourable state. The period after Akhenaten remaine