Amarna
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Amarna (Arabic: العمارنة al-‘amārnä) is on the east bank of the Nile in the modern Egyptian province of Minya. It is a big archaeological site with the remains of the capital city built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c. 1353 BC), and abandoned shortly afterwards.[1]
The name for the city used by the ancient Egyptians is written as Akhetaten in English. It translates to "the Horizon of the Aten".[2]
References [change]
- ↑ "The official website of the Amarna Project". Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. http://www.amarnaproject.com/. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ David, Rosalie 1998. Handbook to life in Ancient Egypt. Facts on File, p. 125.
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