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10. How was the royal road in the ancient city of Amarna in Egypt laid out?


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In Amarna the situation was reversed. When the town was originally laid out a straight road was constructed as its spine, which the archaeologists have named the ‘Royal’ road. This runs through the town centre and stretches to the north, the northern palace on its alignment.

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Amarna City

Amarna is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city newly established and built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty, and abandoned s…

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