The artistic depictions *is* evidence, but nice try.
"The artistic depictions *is* evidence, but nice try."
No it's not. It is [piss-poor] evidence that Amenhotep IV had a long face and big ears nothing more. Mafan's is simply speculation as to the cause of this trait. It also makes the massive assumption that these are accurate, realistic depictions of Amenhotep IV. I also doesn't help that there are many different styles used to depict him.
Perhaps you believe that Marie-Thérèse Walter was blue and had her tits on the side instead of the front based on 'evidence' from Pablo Picasso!