Amarna letters
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The Amarna letters are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru, or neigh
Five Amarna letters on display at the British Museum, London
Amarna letter EA 153 from Abimilku
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Line drawing, obverse
Amarna
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Amarna is an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site containing the ruins of Akhetaten, the capital city during the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the di
Amarna letters
…during the New Kingdom, spanning a period of no more than thirty years in the middle of the 14th century BC. The letters were found in Upper Egypt at el-Amarna, the modern name for the ancient Egyptian capital of Akhetaten, founded by pharaoh Akhenaten (c. 1351–1334 BC) during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt…
The Small Aten Temple at Akhetaten
Statues to the left of Boundary stela U in el-Amarna
Akhenaten seal ring in blue faience. Walters Art Museum
Tutankamun Amarna portrait. Altes Museum, Berlin