Ahet-Aton
Ahet-Aton is a neighborhood in Minya Governorate, Egypt. Ahet-Aton is situated nearby to the village Tel Al Amarna, as well as near Al Hagg Qandil.Places of Interest
Highlights include Amarna and Small Aten Temple.
Amarna
Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amarna is a significant archaeological location in Middle Egypt, in the modern Egyptian province of el-Minya. Amarna sits between the east bank of the river Nile and the high plateau of the Eastern Desert, some 58 km south of Minya, 402 km north of Luxor and 312 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.
Small Aten Temple
Photo: Markh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Small Aten Temple is a temple to the Aten located in the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna. It is one of the two major temples in the city, the other being the Great Temple of the Aten.
Great Temple of the Aten
The Great Temple of the Aten was a temple located in the city of el-Amarna, Egypt. It served as the main place of worship of the deity Aten during the reign of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten.Ahet-Aton
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Minya Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.64407° or 27° 38′ 39″ northLongitude
30.89537° or 30° 53′ 43″ eastOpen location code
7GVGJVVW+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5367679696OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hungarian—“Ahet-Aton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل العمارنة”
- Hungarian: “Ahet-Aton”
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