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Amarna (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 39 36 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.6599 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 54 24 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.9066 decimal degrees |
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Note: Short-lived city of upper Egypt; capital of King Akhenaton. It was built ca. 1375 BCE, but abandoned soon after when court was forced to return to Thebes. It is one of few ancient cities in Egypt to be systematically excavated; 400 cuneiform tablets were found here in 1887. |
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| al-ʻAmārnah (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U)
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| Amarna (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| El Amarna (C,V)
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| العمارنة (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Αμάρνα (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Tall al-ʻAmārnah (C,V)
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| Tell Al-Amarna (C,V)
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| Tel El-Amarna (C,V)
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| Tell El-Amarna (C,V)
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| Amarna, Tell El (C,V)
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| Tall Banī 'Umrān (NA,V,English,U)
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| Tell Beni 'Imrân (NA,V)
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| Tell el-Amarna (NA,V)
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| Ahet-Aton (H,V)
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| Ajetatón (H,V)
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| Akhetatem (H,V)
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| Akhetaten (H,V)
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| Akhetaton (H,V)
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Amarna (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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built ca. 1375 BCE, abandoned ca. 1360 BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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since 19th century |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| capital of .... |
New Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, ancient, Pharonic Egypt) [7029635] |
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