One of the most important cities in ancient egypt , and now one of the most important cities in egypts heritage , however its short history it was the capital of egypt by establishing it in 1346 by king amenhotep the fourth ,who changed the capital of egypt from thebes “ luxor “ to this new city , and changed his name indeed from amenhotep the fourth which means “ god amon is satisfied t “ to “akhenaton “ which means faithful to aten .
Name of the city
The name of city in ancient egypt differentiate than its name nowadays , in ancient egypt its name was “ akhet aten “ which means the horizon of amon , but name is named tell el amarna , which relates back to tribe of beni omran , which settled in this city for along period of its history .
Location
The area of this city is located on the east side of river Nile , belonging to modern province minya , around 58 kilometer to the south of the city minya ,312 south of cairo , 402 kilometer to the north of luxor .