The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who had a profound effect during his lifetime on Egyptian art and religion, was well loved and highly respected by his subjects. We know this from the fierce loyalty show to him by his palace guards, as documented in reports written during Akhenaten" s reign.

A questionable technique used in the argument is to:

• AIntroduce information that actually contradicts the conclusion  
• BRely on evidence that in principle would be impossible to challenge  
• CMake a generalization based on a sample that is likely to be unrepresentative  
• DDepend on the ambiguity of the term "ancient"  
• EApply present-day standards in an inappropriate way to ancient times