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 .
Friday, June 23, 2017
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
El-Amarna – Historical Notes .. Part ( 1 )
We are now within the sacred territory of Akhenaten's holy city,
Akhetaten, better known to most people as El-Amarna . The present appearance of
this once great and famous city is not imposing . The area is located on the
east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58
km ( 36 miles ) south of the city of al-Minya .
Monday, May 15, 2017
Tombs : KV59 – KV60 - KV61 .. The last part of The Valley of the Kings
Are unidentified and uninscribed, but KV60 was known
for the nurse " Sit-Ra, called In ", and it contained burials of
the nurses of Tuthmosis IV or Hatshepsut .
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