<< Other Photo Pages >> Al Amarna - Ancient Palace in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Al Amarna Alternative Name: El Amarna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tel el AmarnaCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Village: Malawi
Latitude: 27.669913N Longitude: 30.904047E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Location of Akhenaten's Palace, Egypt. Not much remains other than an arch, some foundations and some unfinished, yet decorated tombs as the palace was built of mud bricks. Artifacts, in particular Nefertiti's bust, were taken to the Berlin Egyptology museum.
To access, you need to secure transport from Malawi and take the ferry to the east of the Nile.
Note: From our Music Inspired by Ancient Sites mega-thread: Live from the Met, New York, Philip Glass's Akhnaten been described as 'singing archaeology' - the libretto was stitched together from fragments of ancient text
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