Akhetaten	overview
Modern name(s)	Tell el Amarna
Region	Egypt : Settlements
Section	Upper Egypt
Latitude	27.64528963 N	suggest info
Longitude	30.89624244 E
Status	Accurate location
Info	The city was built as the new capital of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, dedicated to his new religion of worship to the Aten. Construction started in or around Year 5 of his reign and was probably completed by Year 9, although it became the capital city two years earlier. To speed up construction of the city most of the buildings were constructed out of mud-brick, and white washed. The most important buildings were faced with local stone. It is the only ancient Egyptian city which preserves great details of its internal plan, in large part because the city was abandoned after the death of Akhenaten. The city seems to have remained active for a decade or so after his death, and a shrine to Horemheb indicates that it was at least partially occupied at the beginning of his reign, if only as a source for building material elsewhere. Once it was abandoned it remained uninhabited until Roman settlement began along the edge of the Nile. However, due to the unique circumstances of its creation and abandonment, it is questionable how representative of ancient Egyptian cities it actually is. Akhetaten was hastily constructed and covered an area of approximately 13 km of territory on the east bank of the Nile River; on the west bank, land was set aside to provide crops for the city's population. The entire city was encircled with a total of 14 boundary stelae detailing Akhenaten's conditions for the establishment of this new capital city of Egypt.
Phases	Construction time frame from 1346 BCE to 1341 BCE Capital of Egypt time frame from 1341 BCE to 1336 BCE
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	27.645290, 30.896242 === 27.645290 N, 30.896242 E === 27° 38' 43.0" N, 30° 53' 46.5" E
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Related sites	Aten temple, circa 26 m (29 yd) east Great Aten temple, circa 647 m (708 yd) north Panehsy's House, circa 781 m (854 yd) east North palace at Akhetaten, circa 2.8 km (1.8 mi) north
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Database	ID 3, created 25 Mar 2008, 23:50, Last changed 5 May 2012, 13:27