Akhenatens Capital City Amarna (Part 2) Kom El-Nana This local name is given to an enclosure south of the main city and to the east of the modern village of el-Hagg Qandil, originally built by Akhenaten probably as a sun temple. Between 1988 and 2000 the Egypt Exploration Society excavated key areas as part of an attempt (so far successful) to prevent the site falling under cultivation. Most of the excavations have been filled in. A single large brick enclosure (228 x 213 metres), its walls reinforced with thick external buttresses, had been divided into two unequal parts by an east–west dividing wall and had been entered by pylon-flanked gateways probably on all four sides. The northern portion had contained a set of parallel brick chambers provided with ovens. Excavated evidence (including pottery bread moulds) suggests a combined brewery and bakery. Beside it a depression in the desert probably marks the presence of a well. Traces were also found of a gypsum foundation for a stone building (the North Shrine). Plan of a section of the enclosure wall, showing the pylon base on the east side and the isolated set of garden plots Plan of a section of the enclosure wall, showing the pylon base on the east side and the isolated set of garden plots. Complete article here; amarnaproject/pages/amarna_the_place/komelnana/index.shtml
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