Tell el Amarna

or Tell-el-A·mar·na, Tel el A·mar·na

[tel el uh-mahr-nuh]

noun

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

Also Tel A·mar·na [tel uh-mahr-nuh] /ˈtɛl əˈmɑr nə/.

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Historical Examples of tel amarna

(Akhenaton) at Tell-el-Amarna, explains the origin of death.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1
Various
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.
The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples
C. H. W. Johns
A reference to these bandits appears in one of the Tell-el-Amarna letters.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Donald A. Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for tel amarna

Tell el Amarna

noun

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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