Damnatio memoriae
Also known as: Damnatio Memoriae
Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts, or remembered after death in a way contrary to what that person may have desired.
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Posthumous erasure of Akhenaten's legacy
Following his death, subsequent pharaohs attempted to erase Akhenaten's name and monuments from history due to his heretical religious reforms.
methodological approach used by Horemheb to erase the Amarna legacy
Horemheb applied this practice to the names and monuments of Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, and Ay to delegitimize the Amarna Period and restore the traditional order.
Post-mortem reaction to the religion
Following Akhenaten's death, his successors systematically attempted to erase his name and the memory of the Atenist heresy from the historical record.