Here, akhenaten pursued his vision of a society dedicated to the cult of one god, the power of the sun (the aten). This era is named after the city of akhetaten (“horizon of the aten”), founded by akhenaten as a new religious and political capital. Today, akhetaten is known as amarna, a sprawling archaeological site in the province of minya, halfway between cairo and luxor
Amarna Miller y su look en el Festival de Cine de Málaga
Explore the fascinating history of the archaeological site of amarna, the capital city built by akhenaten, the heretic king of ancient egypt.
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.
