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Amarna (/ ə ˈ m ɑːr n ə /; Arabic: العمارنة, romanized: al-ʿAmārna) is an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city during the late Eighteenth Dynasty.
Map of the Royal Wadi, Amarna. The Royal Wadi (known locally as Wadi Abu Hassah el-Bahari) is a necropolis in Amarna, Egypt. It is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian royal family of Amarna, which reigned during the 18th Dynasty. The cemetery is a local parallel to the Valley of the Kings.
The Royal Tomb of Akhenaten is a multichambered tomb in the Royal Wadi east of Amarna, Egypt, where members of the Amarna Period royal family were originally buried. [1] [2] Akhenaten was an Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh who reigned for seventeen years (1355-1338 BC) from his capital city of Akhetaten, known today as Amarna. [3]
The Workmen's Village, located in the desert 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the ancient city of Akhetaten (modern Amarna), was built during the reign of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. It housed the workers who constructed and decorated the tombs of the city's elite , making it comparable to the better studied Theban workers village ...
Map of the ancient Near East during the Amarna period, showing the great powers of the period: Egypt (green), Hatti (yellow), the Kassite kingdom of Babylon (purple), Assyria (grey), and Mittani (red). Lighter areas show direct control, darker areas represent spheres of influence. The extent of the Achaean/Mycenaean civilization is shown in orange.
Small unfinished tombs located near Tomb 7. Amarna Tomb 8: Tutu [4] Chamberlain of the Lord of the Two Lands, etc. Amarna Tomb 9: Mahu [1] Chief of the Medjay (police) of Akhetaten: Amarna Tomb 9a,b,c: Unknown [1] Small unfinished tombs located near Tomb 9. Amarna Tomb 10: Ipy [1] King's scribe, the overseer of the large inner palace of the ...
Southern Tomb 23 is a sepulchre in Amarna, Egypt. It was used for the burial of Any , whose titles included, Royal scribe, Scribe of the offering-table of the Aten , Steward of the estate of Aakheperura ( Amenhotep II ).
The map of Ireland is included on the "first European map" sections (Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπης πίναξ αʹ, romanized: Eurōpēs pínax alpha or Latin: Prima Europe tabula) of Ptolemy's Geography (also known as the Geographia and the Cosmographia). The "first European map" is described in the second and third chapters of the work's ...