El-Amarna - The public buildings .. The Great Temple .. Part ( 5 )

Before we begin to discuss the various types of buildings it would be advisable to say a word about the building methods and materials . Tell el-Amarna is a city of mud brick . Only in very exceptional circumstances was stone used .

El-Amarna - The City of Akhenaten .. The North Suburb – The South Suburb– The Workmen's Village – The Royal Tomb .. Part ( 4 )

The Northern Group of tombs lies on either side of a bold gap in the line of hills through which a mountain-track across the ridge from El-Sheikh Said enters the plain of El-Amarna . It includes some of the best and most important tombs, such as those of Huya, Meryra ( I and II ), Ahmose, Penehsy, and Penthu .

El-Amarna - The City of Akhenaten .. The Main City – The North City - The Tombs - The Altars – The Tomb Chapels .. Part ( 3 )

When the city of Akhenaten grew and the population increased it naturally expanded towards the North, occupying an area beyond the wady north of the Great Temple but still within easy reach of the centre of the city . To this area the name of the North Suburb has been given . That it is a later expansion is proved not only by the comparatively high proportion of objects bearing the names of Akhenaten's immediate successors, but also by the fact that, as we have seen, it was still spreading northwards when the city was deserted .

El-Amarna - The City of Akhenaten .. General Thoroughfares and The Limits of The City – The Central – The Official Quarters .. ( Part 2 )

The site chosen by Akhenaten for his new capital lies about halfway between Cairo and Luxor on the East bank of the Nile . Here the cliffs of the high desert recede from the river, leaving a great semicircle about eight miles long and three broad .