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Amarna, View from the northetn tombs Plain
Date:
Category: Egypt
Institution:
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite or princes Meritaton, sister of Toetanchamon Portrait, Princess, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Statue of queen Nefretite Portrait, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite Portrait, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of Akhenaten (Amenhotep III) and that of queen Nefretite King, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of a princess Portrait, Princess, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of a princess Portrait, Princess, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of a princess Portrait, Princess, Sculpture
Date:
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Relief with Akhenaten (Amenhotep III), his wife queen Nefretite and their children King, Queen, Relief
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Cuneiform tablet with letter from Burnaburias III, king of the kassites to pharaoh Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1380c-BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: London, British Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Cuneiform letter from a king of Alashiya (Cyprus) to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Pergamon-Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Cuneiform letter from king Tushratta of Mitanni to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Pergamon-Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Copy of a letter form a ruler of Jerusalem to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Cuneiform letter from king Aziru of Amurru (Syria) to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Pergamon-Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Terracotta cuneiform letter from Biridiya, prince of Megiddo to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Terracotta cuneiform letter from the Palestinian prince Shuwardata to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King
Date: BCE_1350c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite or princes Meritaton, sister of Toetanchamon Portrait, Princess, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite Portrait, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite Portrait, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Southern tombs Tomb
Date: BCE_1340c
Category: Egypt
Institution:
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) King, Portrait, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1364c-BCE_1347c
Category: Egypt
Institution:
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Relief of Bak and his wife Ta-herit Inscription (Egyptian), Relief
Date: BCE_1340c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Relief of Bak and his wife Ta-herit Inscription (Egyptian), Relief
Date: BCE_1340c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Painting with birds Animal, Painting
Date:
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Necklace Jewelry
Date:
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Painting of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and his wife Nefretite King, Queen, Painting
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) King, Portrait, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) King, Portrait, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) King, Portrait, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) sacrifices olives to Aten King, Relief, Tree
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Painting of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and his wife Nefretite King, Queen, Painting
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of Queen Kiya, wife of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) Portrait, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Relief of princes Meritaten, daughter of Queen Kiya Princess, Relief
Date: BCE_1365c-BCE_1347c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Head of queen Nefretite Portrait, Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Statue of queen Nefretite Queen, Sculpture
Date: BCE_1351c-BCE_1333c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Neues Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Amarna, Terracotta cuneiform letter from chieftain Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem to Amenhotep III Inscription (Cuneiform), King, Official
Date: BCE_1353c-BCE_1336c
Category: Egypt
Institution: Berlin, Pergamon-Museum
Place of discovery: Achetaton
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Amarna, Partially restored palace, said to have belonged to Nefertite

Amarna, Partially restored palace, said to have belonged to Nefertite

Amarna, Remains of the temple of Aton

Amarna, Remains of the temple of Aton

Amarna, North palace

Amarna, North tombs

Amarna, North tombs

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, Tomb of chamberlain Tutu, relief

Amarna, entrance to tomb of Ay

City

Location:

Egypt, ‘Ezbet el-Teil
geo:27.646154,30.896143
Location ± 5-25 m.

Class:

City
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=10831
wikidata:entity=Q5736

Annotations

See:

http://www.amarnaproject.com/pages/model_of_the_city/
Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-reformation, Oxford University Press, 2009

Relevant museums

Berlin, Neues Museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Market Gate of Miletus.

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

The British Museum

The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.

Nearby

Amarna, King`s House of Achetaton

King`s House

Amarna

The bridge between Great Palace and the King’s House above the road.

Amarna, Small Aton Temple

Small Aten temple.