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Amarna
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Amarna

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...
Amarna Period of Egypt
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Amarna Period of Egypt

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 which resulted in the suppression of the...
Amarna Letters
Definition by Priscila Scoville

Amarna Letters

The Amarna Letters are a body of 14th-century BCE correspondence exchanged between the rulers of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. They are perhaps the earliest examples of international diplomacy while their most common subjects are negotiations...
The Art of the Amarna Period
Article by Elsie McLaughlin

The Art of the Amarna Period

Of all the pharaohs who ruled ancient Egypt, there is one in particular that stands out from the rest. Over the course of his 17-year reign (1353-1336 BCE), Akhenaten spearheaded a cultural, religious, and artistic revolution that rattled...
Amarna Letter from Burna-Buriash II to Amenhotep III
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Amarna Letter from Burna-Buriash II to Amenhotep III

This is one of the Amarna letters. In this clay tablet, the Kassite king Burna-Buriash II (in Babylon, Mesopotamia) corresponds with the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, asking him to send more gold. Most of the Amarna letters were written...
Amarna Letter from Labayu
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Amarna Letter from Labayu

This clay tablet is part of the Amarna letters. This letter was sent from Labayu, ruler of Shechem to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. Labayu denies accusation of treachery and failure to comply with the pharaoh's orders...
Amarna Letter from Yapahu
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Amarna Letter from Yapahu

This clay tablet is part of the Amarna letters. This letter was sent from Yapahu, (King of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. Yapahu begs the pharaoh for help in defending his city against rids by the Hapiru (Biblical...
Amarna Letter from Biridiya
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Amarna Letter from Biridiya

This clay tablet is part of the Amarna letters. This letter was sent from Biridiya (King of Megiddo) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. Biridiya accuses the King of Acco of treachery by releasing the captured Hapiru leader...
Amarna Letters
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Amarna Letters

The Amarna Letters are a group of correspondences exchanged between the rulers of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. The tablets cover the reigns of the rulers Amenhotep III, Akhenaten and possibly Smenkhkare or Tutankhamen, of the 18th dynasty...
Amarna Letter from Abdi-Tirshi
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Amarna Letter from Abdi-Tirshi

This clay tablet is part of the Amarna letters. This letter was sent from Abdi-Tirshi (King of Hazor) to Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. Abdi-Tirshi reassures the pharaoh that he is loyal and is keeping his cities in good order. The letter was...
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