Amarna
The site of Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna or incorrectly as Tel el-Amarna; see below) (
Arabic: العمارنة al-‘amārnä) is located on the east bank of the
Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of
Minya, some 58 km (38 miles) south of the city of
al-Minya, 312 km (194 miles) south of the Egyptian capital
Cairo and 402 km (250 miles) north of
Luxor. The site of Amarna includes several modern villages, chief of which are el-Till in the north and el-Hagg Qandil in the south.
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Tell el-Amarna
Amarna
Tell el-Amarna ist ein abgelegener Ort am Ostufer des
Nil in
Mittelägypten. Mit Amarna werden in der Forschung meist die in der Nähe befindlichen Ruinen der altägyptischen Stadt Achet-Aton bezeichnet.
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Amarna
Achetaton
Achetaton ("de horizon van de god Aton") of Amarna is de naam van de nieuwe hoofdstad die de Egyptische farao
Amenhotep IV of Echnaton liet bouwen op de westelijke oever van de rivier de
Nijl op de plaats waar zich nu het dorp El Amarna bevindt.
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