I think it is Akhenaten the ruler that broke with the egyption practice of worshipping many gods and declared that egyptians should worship only aten the sun god. <span>He is especially noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian </span>polytheism<span> and introducing worship centered on the </span>Aten<span>, which is sometimes described as </span>monolatristic<span>, </span>henotheistic, or even quasi-monotheistic<span>.</span>