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Amarna
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Amarna see Tell el Amarna .
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
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Tell el Amarna
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
or Tel el Amarna , ancient locality, Egypt, near the Nile and c.60 mi (100 km) N of Asyut. Ikhnaton's capital, Akhetaton, was in Tell el Amarna. About 400 tablets with inscriptions in Akkadian cuneiform were found there in 1887. They constitute correspondence ...
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Tel el Amarna
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Egypt: see Tell el Amarna .
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Tell el- Amarna
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
... a new monotheistic religion. Artifacts discovered there in the 19th century included hundreds of cuneiform tablets. Archaeological finds of the late 20th century included sculptures and paintings. Tell el- Amarna Tell el- Amarna Tell el- Amarna
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Akhenaten
Encyclopedia of World Biography
... movement and became founder of the city of Amarna, Akhenaten survived the attempt to wipe ... new artistic style. Built a Temple at Amarna The radical new religion was slow to gain ... of the sun." The site today is known as Amarna. Akhenaten spent great care in designing ...
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John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
... participated in expeditions to Macedonia (1928) and Tell el Amarna (1928-29 and 1930-36). From 1930 to 1934 he was curator of the ... British vice consul at Candia, Crete. His writings include Tell el-Amarna (1935) and The Archaeology of Crete (1939).
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