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The 20 pages that link to Amarna, each with the reason it gives.

• Ancient EgyptBroader topic: Its remains preserve evidence of a major religious and artistic rupture.

• New Kingdom of EgyptBroader topic: Its houses and records reveal daily life and royal policy during the Amarna period.

• Amarna lettersRelated: The tablets were recovered from the remains of this royal city.

• AkhenatenBroader topic: The purpose-built capital gave his court and Aten worship a new center.

• ThebesCompared with: Akhenaten’s court shifted power away from Thebes and challenged Amun’s clergy.

• AtenismBroader topic: Its creation gave Atenism a new political and ceremonial center.

• Eighteenth Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The abandoned city preserves a concentrated record of his religious program.

• Ancient Egyptian architectureBroader topic: Its excavated houses, palaces, and temples preserve an unusual planned cityscape.

• Egyptian archaeologyBroader topic: Its unusually brief occupation preserves a detailed snapshot of a major political and religious transition.

• Amarna PeriodBroader topic: The new capital gave the royal court and Aten worship a purpose-built center.

• Egyptian templesBroader topic: Its temples embody a short-lived departure from established Egyptian temple practice.

• Flinders PetrieRelated: Petrie’s excavations at Amarna helped document the city’s workshops and material culture.

• NefertitiRelated: Nefertiti lived and appeared in public monuments at the new royal capital.

• AtenBroader topic: Its temples and royal buildings gave Aten worship a purpose-built urban setting.

• Amenhotep IIICompared with: Its later court differs sharply from the established Theban royal world of Amenhotep III.

• Great Hymn to the AtenRelated: The hymn belongs to the court culture centered in Akhenaten’s new capital.

• Egyptian blueBroader topic: Amarna workshops and artifacts document Egyptian blue’s production and use in the New Kingdom.

• Nefertiti BustNarrower topic: The bust was found in this city’s sculptors’ quarter in 1912.

• TushrattaRelated: Its archive gives the modern name to the collection containing Tushratta’s letters.

• Minya GovernorateBroader topic: Its remains are among Minya’s best-known ancient sites.