Tell el Amarna
or Tell-el-A·mar·na, Tel el A·mar·na
[tel el uh-mahr-nuh]
- a village in central Egypt, on the Nile: site of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton; extensive excavations.
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Also Tel A·mar·na [tel uh-mahr-nuh] /ˈtɛl əˈmɑr nə/.
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(Akhenaton) at Tell-el-Amarna, explains the origin of death.
They have been faithfully handed down to us by the artists employed at Tell-el-Amarna.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)Georges Perrot
By the Tell-el-Amarna period the name had lost its exact value and become even in Babylonia more contemptuous.
A reference to these bandits appears in one of the Tell-el-Amarna letters.
Myths of Babylonia and AssyriaDonald A. Mackenzie
Tell el Amarna
- a group of ruins and rock tombs in Upper Egypt, on the Nile below Asyut: site of the capital of Amenhotep IV, built about 1375 bc; excavated from 1891 onwards
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