Today, we visit two monuments belonging to Meritaten, eldest daughter of pharaoh. The Maru Aten (south) and North Palace (north) provide glimpses at the luxurious life of royalty in Akhet-Aten / Amarna. In a special tour, we visit two monuments for a princess of ancient Egypt.
Maru Aten model (Whetton & Grosch).Plan of the Maru Aten (Peet and Woolley 1923).Decorated column of the Maru Aten, reconstructed ((Peet and Woolley 1923).Maru Aten model (Whetton & Grosch).Elevation plan of the shrine at North-East corner of Maru Aten (Peet and Woolley 1923).T-shaped pools near the Maru Aten shrine (Peet and Woolley 1923).Decorations of Maru Aten (Peet and Woolley 1923).Excavations at Maru Aten (Peet and Woolley 1923, digitally up-scaled).Model of the North Palace (Whetton & Grosch).Our tour route.Design elements from the North Palace, digitally restored to the mud brick walls (Kemp 2012).Reconstruction of design elements in North Palace throne room, based on recovered fragments (Kemp 2012).The first, western sections of the North Palace: Window of Appearances (hyptothetical), shrines (bottom left), and animal quarters (bottom right), (Whetton & Grosch).The central pool/basin of the North Palace, looking towards the west / entrance (Whetton & Grosch).The pool and servants’ quarters at the northeast corner of the North Palace (Photo Chris Ward 2019).The pillared hall, waiting room and throne room (bottom left) of the North Palace (Photo Chris Ward 2019).Looking into the royal apartments… (1) the princess’ bedchamber and sleeping platform, (2) the white plaster wall of the washing chamber, restored from original (Photo Chris Ward 2019).Stone block naming Merit-Aten, from the North Palace (Newton 1924).Animal “mangers” from the North Palace (Newton 1924).Animal decorations from the North Palace (Newton 1924).Animal decorations from the North Palace (Newton 1924).Tree pits from the North Palace (Newton 1924).
Special Thanks to My Patrons!
Priests
Ellen
Linda
Neil
Terri
Kevin
Nobles
Terri Jones
Chrissi Ross
Christopher Ward
Conner Rice
Eline
Eric J Holmes
Logan Hennlich
Martin Montgomery
Meicost Ettal
Nancy Bastek
Pernille Engberg
RA EGYPTIAN
Sandi
Sarah Musi
Shannon O’Leary
Simon Oliphant
Simone
Skip Howard
TJ Kahn
Bibliography
Badawy, Alexander. ‘Maru-Aten: Pleasure Resort or Temple?’ The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 42 (1956): 58–64.
Kemp, Barry J. ‘Tell El-Amarna, Spring 2011’. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 97 (2011): 1–9.
———. The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and Its People. First paperback edition. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. Read online at archive.org
Newton, F.G. “Excavations at El-’Amarnah, 1923-24.” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 10 (1924): 289–98. Read for free at JSTOR.org
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