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

They have been faithfully handed down to us by the artists employed at Tell-el-Amarna.

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By the Tell-el-Amarna period the name had lost its exact value and become even in Babylonia more contemptuous.

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The place is mentioned several times in the Tell el-Amarna correspondence.

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Here the famous Tell el-Amarna Letters were discovered in 1887.

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A reference to these bandits appears in one of the Tell-el-Amarna letters.

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