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

The Tell el Amarna tablets tell us of the complaints made by the kings of Babylonia of the robbery of caravans in districts nominally under the control of Egypt.

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

It brings back the Tell el Amarna tablets and all your kindness and unselfish labour.

From The Vanishing Man by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

The Egyptian alabaster has been extensively worked near Suez and near Assiut; there are many ancient quarries in the hills overlooking the plain of Tell el Amarna.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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

Napkhuria did not even see the completion of his city at Tell el Amarna, for he died in 1370 B.C.

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