The amarna letters, a unique corpus of documents from the egyptian new. Intcal98 calibration for radiocarbon ages of samples from. Some sixty were left in the museum at boulak, and about one hundred and eighty were secured for the berlin museum, many of them tiny fragments, but. They lie at the base of the abrupt part of the cliff face, but at the top of a steep slope of looser rock. Intcal98 calibration for radiocarbon ages of samples from amarna federico rocchi on march 14th and 15th 1982 martha bell, site supervisor for the ees excavations in the main quarry at tell elamarna, south of the workmens village, collected, after discussion with b. He renounced the multiplicity of egyptian gods in favour of a single god, aten, whom he identified with the sun. Visiting amarna was a bit disappointing only because i expected the sort of ruins that we had been visiting in luxor and elsewhere. Full text of selections from the tell elamarna letters. Bread making and social interactions at the amarna workmens. Awesome mix of 200 more homemade amateur spread eagle pics. Pdf os antigos egipcios mantiveram, durante toda a sua historia, contato com seus. For the main article of the 50 to 35 bc text corpus see. This book is a gold mine for anyone interested in amarna.
The original website was active between 2002 and 20 when it was converted over to a wordpress site. On a virgin site on the east bank of the nile river, akhenaton. There is really little to see of akhenatens capital of the 14th century bce 7460, both due to effective demolition of his enemies but also because large areas are still unexcavated. This is a thing that in many currently available eos pdf files for egyptological books cannot be done. History of the middle east and the aegean region 80 b. The amarna royal tombs at amarna martin geoffrey thorndyke. Little remains here of the vast city of akhenaton, the temple cit of the pharaoh akhenaton and center of the worship of the god aten. Tell elamarna, site of the ruins and tombs of the city of akhetaton horizon of aton in upper egypt, 44 miles 71 km north of modern asyut. This was a very shortlived city, laid out by the heretic pharaoh, akhenaten, who did everything differently. The amarna period in egyptian history is a spectacular time filled with mystery, regardless of the massive research and analysis of egyptologists and layman enthusiasts. Intcal98 calibration for radiocarbon ages of samples from amarna federico rocchi on march 14th and 15th 1982 martha bell, site supervisor for the ees excavations in the main quarry at tell elamarna. North tombs the northern group of rock tombs are situated on the northeast side of the desert plain, where the cliff reaches a height of about 85 metres 280 feet. The cliff is cut by a ravine which divides the tombs into two groups.
Redford, akhenaten the heretic king princeton, 1984, 185203. The north tombs, together with the south tombs, are published, in line drawings supplemented with photographs, in n. Little remains here of the vast city of akhenaton, the temple. Tell elamarna letters sent my man before my lord, and his two horses were. The city of elminia is 58 kms 36 miles to the north, cairo is 312 kms 194 miles to the north, asyut is 75. Bread making and social interactions at the amarna workmens village, egypt 123 table the stages of food provision, indicating for each phase the process involved, the location where activities take place, and the key influencing cultural factors. On a virgin site on the east bank of the nile river, akhenaton amenhotep iv built the city about 48 bce as the new capital of his kingdom when he. Bread making and social interactions at the amarna workmens village, egypt 123 table the stages of food provision, indicating for each phase the process involved, the location where activities take place. Inscribed in clay, provenance study of the amarna tablets and other. Barry kemp includes a wealth of information about the construction of the city, the various finds, and a general history of the site and the people who lived there. The tell elamarna letters furnish an amount of historical material about equal in bulk to onehalf of the pentateuch. While no amarna period temple has yet been discovered, there is textual evidence to suggest that there may have been a temple estate in tjaru. Intcal98 calibration for radiocarbon ages of samples from amarna.
There is really little to see of akhenatens capital of the 14th century. Elamarna, modern name of the site of akhetaton, the capital city of egypt, founded by amenophisamen. The city of elminia is 58 kms 36 miles to the north, cairo is 312 kms 194 miles to the north, asyut is 75 kms 47 miles to the south, luxor is 402 kms 250 miles to the south approximate road distances. See more ideas about ancient egypt, egypt and egyptian art.