Egypt > Minya, Amarna & Ashmunayn > Amarna Palace Columns 5894EG07JHP
Photographs in this gallery cover the main sites of Amarna, its North Palace, Aten and Small Temple, Bani Hasan Rock cut chapels, Tuna el-Gebel with the Catacombs with baboon and ibis mummies, Stela of Akhenaten on the north boundary, Petosiris Tomb-Chapel, Chapels of Ptoemais and Isadora, Roman Water Wheel Well and Temple of Thoth and el Ashmunein with an Open Air Museum with huge granite statues of Baboons and nearby a Temple to Thoth with a later Christian Basilica all located along the River Nile between Cairo and Luxor accessed from the nearby university city of Minya
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Minya, Amarna & Ashmunayn | |||
Filename: | Amarna Palace Columns 5894EG07JHP |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-22 09:49:04 | |||
Photo Size: | 10mb 3543x5295 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Amarna North Palace Column Bases Hall Rooms Layout Egyptian Akhenatenby River Nile near Egypt Minya city is built round a sacred pool now identified by a few palm trees in its centre. Its use along with the Hall of Foreign Tribute were perhaps part of the living areas for the royal family of Akhetaten and his Queen Nefertiti although little remains now except the foundations and bases of columns. |
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