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 earliest specimens of glass-ware which can be definitely claimed as Egyptian productions, and the glass manufactory discovered by Dr Flinders Petrie at Tell el Amarna, belong to the period of the XVIIIth dynasty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

Some alabaster slabs came to light at Tell el Amarna bearing the hieroglyphic names of King Amenophis IV. and his father, Amenophis III.

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

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

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 Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

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

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