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Amarna
[ uh-mahr-nuh ]
adjective
- of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets Amarnatablets that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence Amarnaletters from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
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The wall and floor paintings that have been discovered at Tel el-Amarna are marvels of realistic art.
They have been faithfully handed down to us by the artists employed at Tell-el-Amarna.
Much of the evidence can be roughly dated, and fortunately the age already illuminated by the Amarna tablets can be recognised.
The preceding paragraphs touch only the fringe of an important subject—the Palestinian pantheon in and after the Amarna age.
On the other hand, the absence of letters from Mycenae among the tablets of Tel el-Amarna must be regarded as at least suggestive.
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