Tel Al Amarna
Tel Al Amarna is a village in Minya Governorate, Egypt. Tel Al Amarna is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ahet-Aton, as well as near the village Al Hagg Qandil.Places of Interest
Highlights include Amarna and Great Temple of the Aten.
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.
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.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.
Tel Al Amarna
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Tell el-Amarna”
- Category: locality
- Location: Minya Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.6597° or 27° 39′ 35″ northLongitude
30.90391° or 30° 54′ 14″ eastOpen location code
7GVGMW53+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 768732182OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hungarian—“Tel Al Amarna” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل العمارنة”
- French: “Tall al Amarna”
- German: “Sag al Amarna”
- Hungarian: “Mondd el Amarnának”
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Highlights include Northern palace القصر الشمالى and Great Palace, Harem Quarters.
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