Amarna (English spelling)

Japanese: アマルナ（英語表記）Amarna

The site of the capital of Akhenaten, the 18th Dynasty reformer king, located on the east bank of the Nile in central Egypt. Its ancient Egyptian name was Aket-Aten (meaning "Horizon of Aten"), and its current official name is Al-'Amārna, also known as Tell al-'Amārna. It was decided to build it in the fourth year of the king's reign to realize his reforms, and it remained a capital for only about 15 years until it was moved from Thebes between the sixth and eighth years and abandoned in the fourth year of the reign of the next king, Tutankhamun. However, since it was built on virgin land based on a city plan and later almost completely destroyed and abandoned as a heretical city, the foundations of the ruins are well preserved, making it an important site in ancient Egypt where the city plan can be known.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

エジプト中部のナイル東岸にある古代エジプト第18王朝の宗教改革王イクナートンの都址。古代エジプト名アケトアテンAket‐Aten(〈アテンの地平線〉の意)，現在の正式名はエルアマルナAl‐‘Amārnaで，テル･エルアマルナTell al‐‘Amārnaともよばれる。改革の実現のため王の治世第4年に造営が決定され，第6～第8年の間にテーベより遷都してから，次王ツタンカーメンの治世第4年に放棄されるまでわずか15年ほどの都であったが，都市計画にもとづいて処女地に建設され，のち異端の都としてほぼ完全に破壊放棄されたため，遺構の基礎部分の保存がよく，都市のプランを知りうる古代エジプトでは数少ない遺跡の一つとして重要である。

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