Tell el Amarna
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Tell el Amarna
(ˈtɛl ɛl əˈmɑːnə)n
(Placename) a group of ruins and rock tombs in Upper Egypt, on the Nile below Asyut: site of the capital of Amenhotep IV, built about 1375 bc; excavated from 1891 onwards
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