Tell el Amarna

American  

[tel el uh-mahr-nuh] / ˈtɛl ɛl əˈmɑr nə /

Also Tel Amarna or Tell-el-Amarna,

noun

1. a village in central Egypt, on the Nile: site of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton; extensive excavations.

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Tell el Amarna British  

/ ˈtɛl ɛl əˈmɑːnə /

noun

1. 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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Tell el Amarna

If, during more than a century, Egyptian art remained free, graceful, and refined, that improvement was due to the school of Tell el Amarna.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero

Variations of the formula The same opening formula also appears in the Tell el Amarna letters.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

The two Pharaohs of the Tell el Amarna Period belong to the XVIIIth Dynasty, which about 1560 B.C. had freed the land from the yoke of certain Asiatic invaders known as the Shasu.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by J. (Jane) Hutchison

From the Tell el Amarna tablets we may reconstruct almost a complete survey of the condition of politics in Palestine.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

We must note, however, that this title of Egyptian kings, so commonly used in the Old Testament, is apparently never once employed in the Tell el Amarna documents.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by J. (Jane) Hutchison

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