Notes on the history of the Amarna period

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty member, Faculty of Education, Mansoura University (Egypt)

Abstract

Mystery still surrounds many archaeological and historical issues in the Amarna era as a result of confusion in the date of its various events. Despite the multiplicity and diversity of studies that dealt with this era and played a major role in revealing some of its problems, the issue of dating its successive historical stages with its thorny events is still ambiguous to many specialists, especially Egyptians, in addition to that it needs more studies aimed at revealing Unveiled from the thumb. Hence the importance of this study, which is concerned with an attempt to unveil the various means of dating Amarna monuments, as well as highlighting its great historical and archaeological importance in addressing many of the thorny issues of the era

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