The Palaces
Amarna - Capital Cities
Who: Conceptualised and built by Pharaoh Akhenaten
What: Capital city of Egypt and became home to 30,000 people
When: 18th Dynasty – Built between 1348 – 1344 BC: abandoned after Pharaoh Akhenaten’s death 1336 BC and destroyed on Pharaoh Horemheb’s Order approx. 1320 BC
Where: 312km South of Cairo and 402km North of Luxor
Northern Riverside Palace
They would use the River Nile to travel between all other areas of the City
Location: 1 mile to the North of the central Great Palace on the eastern side of the Royal Road
Who: Pharaoh Akhenaten commissioned it for Princess Meryetaten, his eldest daughter, who was responsible for running Pharaoh’s house
Layout
Above the entrance, Egyptologists believe that there was a Window of Appearance
East side: 1st Courtyard maybe a shrine to the God Aten
West side: 1st Courtyard were Storerooms or Offices
East side: 2nd Courtyard were Stables and Animal Houses
West side: 2nd Courtyard were Kitchens and Workshops
In the 2nd Courtyard there have been Tree pits found and in its center was a large Basin Well
At the rear of the building, in the centre was the Throne Room Complex, to the Eastern side there was the Garden Court and to the Western side there was the Staff Quarters
The Great Palace
Interpretation of what the Great Palace may have looked like
Thought to the Palace where emissaries were received and used as a daily place of work rather than a Palace where the Royal Family would live
