Tell el-Amarna was the subject of a lecture given by Professor Newberry at the Royal Society—the first of a series arranged by the Egypt Exploration Society, which has just sent out an expedition to excavate this site. Tell el-Amaroa marks the site of an ancient city founded by King Akhenaton in Middle Egypt in the 14th century z.c. Wilkinson and others, who were exploring in Egypt in the early twenties of last century, and since then every Egyptologist, have had something to say about the remarkable monuments that have been found in the vicinity. King Akhenaton, said the lecturer, had come in for more than his fair share of comment. No one in the long series of Pharaohs has been so badly treated by scholars. Generally known as the heretic King, Champollion at first believed him to be a woman; Mariette
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