The plaster statue of King Akhenaten was excavated in Egypt
The head of the excavation said the statue, 9cm tall, 13.5cm long and 8cm wide, was excavated during the first excavation at Atun Temple in Tel El-Amarna.
An archaeological mission of England-Egypt from Cambridge University discovered a plaster statue of King Akhenaten (circa 1300 BC) during excavation at Tel El-Amarna, Minya of Egypt.
The head of the excavation said the statue, 9cm tall, 13.5cm long and 8cm wide, was excavated during the first excavation at Atun Temple in Tel El-Amarna, General Secretary of the Archeological Council. Supreme Mostafa Waziri told Ahram Online.
The plaster statue of King Akhenaten was excavated in Egypt.
Mr. Waziri said that this discovery is important because it sheds more light on the city as the capital of Egypt during the reign of King Akhenaten, the 10th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, reigning among The most controversial king in ancient Egyptian history.
According to the excavation director, archaeologist scientist Barry Kemp led by archaeologist Barry Kemp, who started excavations at Tel El-Amarna in 1977 at several locations including Aten temple, the village of Al-Ahgar, the northern palace and the Re, Banehsi houses and the antique depot in Central Egypt Gamal El-Semensei.
Currently, the archaeological team has also conducted excavation restoration works at Atun Little Temple and the Northern Palace.
It is known that Tel El-Amarna is 12km southwest of Minya city, built by King Akhenaten and his wife Queen Nefertiti to be the Aten sun god church. A in the past.
The ancient ruins of this large city include splendid temples, palaces and ancient tombs.
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