Ancient era · 1,346 BCE – 1,336 BCE

Amarna Period

The Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the later half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen shifted from the old capital of Thebes (Waset) to Akhetaten (literally "Horizon of the Aten") in what is now modern Amarna.

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Amarna Period · Wikimedia Commons

When: 1,346 BCE – 1,336 BCE
Where: Amarna
Era: Ancient

Topics

Ancient Egyptc. 3,100 BCE – 30 BCE Egypt2,800 BCE – today

Before and after

Battle of the Ten Kingsc. 1,400 BCE Tutankhamun becomes pharaohc. 1,332 BCE Show on timeline

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