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The city was built as the new capital of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, dedicated to his new religion of worship to the Aten. Construction started in or around Year 5 of his reign (1346 BC) and was probably completed by Year 9 (1341 BC), although it became the capital city two years earlier.
Amarna is the modern Arabic name for the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten, capital of the country under the reign of Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE). The site is officially known as Tell el-Amarna, so-named for the Beni Amran tribe who were living in the area when it was discovered.
Tell el-Amarna (often abbreviated to Amarna) is a modern name that applies to an extensive archaeological site that is primarily the remains of an ephemeral capital city built and abandoned within about fifteen years during the late Eighteenth Dynasty (in the New Kingdom), between about 1347 and 1332 BCE.
She is also a graduate of Celtic and Viking... The Amarna period, roughly 1353-1336 BCE, introduced a new form of art that completely contradicted what was known and revered in the Egyptian culture.
Tell el-Amarna, site of the ruins and tombs of the city of Akhetaton (‘Horizon of the Aton’) in Upper Egypt, near modern Asyut. It was built as the new capital for Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) when he devoted himself to the worship of the Aton.
The Amarna Period of ancient Egypt was the era of the reign of Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE), known as 'the heretic king'. In the 5th year of his reign (c. 1348 BCE), he issued sweeping religious reforms...
While Amarna-style art continued to be produced during this transitional period (particularly evident in the murals decorating Tutankhamun's burial chamber), ultimately artistic tradition prevailed and Egyptian art from the 19th Dynasty and beyond largely adhered to historical conventions.
