Tombs of the Nobles (Amarna)

Northern
tombs

Southern
tombs

Desert
altars

AMARNA

Located in Middle

The tombs are in two groups, cut into the cliffs and bluffs in the east of the dry bay of Akhetaten. There are 25 major tombs, many of them decorated and with their owners name, some are small and unfinished, others modest and unassuming. Each seems to reflect the personality and patronage of the tomb's original owner.

Northern tombs

These tombs are located in two groups in the cliffs overlooking the city of

The southern tombs are located in a series of low bluffs south and east of the main city. Associated with these tombs a recently discovered workers cemetery has been found.^[3]

Rediscovery and excavation

Some of the tombs have obviously been open since antiquity, and have been used variously as burial places in the Ptolemaic times, storehouses, houses and as Coptic churches.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Anonymous Tombs in Amarna

Notes and references

References

• N. de G. Davis – The Rock Cut Tombs of El Amarna. Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, 2004 (
  ISBN 0856981605). Facsimils in Internet Archive: Part I. The Tomb of Meryre, 1903; Part II. The Tombs of Panehesy and Meryra II, 1905; Part III. The Tombs of Huya and Ahmes, 1905; Part IV. The Tombs of Penthu, Mahu and Others, 1906; Part V. Smaller Tombs and Boundary Stelae, 1908 y Part VI. Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu and Ay, 1908
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• Owen, Gwil – The Amarna courtiers' tombs. Egyptian Archaeology Autumn 2000

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