Tell el Amarna

or Tell-el-A·mar·na, Tel el A·mar·na

[ tel el uh-mahr-nuh ]

noun

1. a village in central Egypt, on the Nile: site of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton; extensive excavations.

Tell el Amarna

/ 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

Example Sentences

"People began building houses at the site of Tell el Amarna, the city of Akhenaten, a very important site," he said, and many antiquities storage vaults were raided.

From Los Angeles Times

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 Project Gutenberg

Akhenaton has been so consistently eclipsed by the later kings who destroyed his work, that the painted pavement and the rock tablets of Tell el Amarna are the only monuments of his still in position, beside a few small inscriptions.

From Project Gutenberg

Variations of the formula The same opening formula also appears in the Tell el Amarna letters.

From Project Gutenberg

They also show considerable affinity with the documents of the First Dynasty of Babylon, and the Tell el Amarna letters preserve many characteristic expressions.

From Project Gutenberg