Ancient / Classical History

Amarna - Tel-el-Amarna - Amarna Pharaohs

The heretic king Akhenaten built his capital at Amarna, but shortly after his death the next pharaoh moved the capital back to Thebes.

From your Guide. The Amarna period of Egyptian history is filled with romantic mysteries and puzzles for generations of archaeologists to debate.

Definition of Amarna, a capital city of ancient Egypt.

Review of Joyce A. Tyldesley's biography of Akhenaten's great royal wife, Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen.

From your Guide, a review of Christine El Mahdy's biography of Tutankhamen, and story of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty in the fourteenth century B.C.

About's 20th Century Guide describes the search for and discovery of King Tut's Tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.

Photographs of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their daughters, from Joel A. Freeman's photograph collections.

Today we have a variety of "urban legends" about the past. Here are some of what are probably misconceptions.