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Tel-El-Amarna
- - A station on the Nile in Egypt, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the ancient city of Akhetaton, capital of Amenophis IV. (Akhenaton, or Amenhotep IV., of the 18th dynasty, king 1353-1336 B. C.), whose archive chamber was discovered there during extensive excavations in 1887-1888. A collection of about 300 clay tablets (called the Tel-el-Amarna tablets, or the Amarna tablets) was found here, forming the diplomatic correspondence (Tel-el-Amarna letters) of Amenophis IV. and his father, Amenophis III., with the kings of Asiatic countries (such as Babylonia, Assyria, and Palestine), written in cuneiform characters. It is an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to 1370 b. c.. The name of the site is also spelled Tell-el-Amarna, Tell el Amarna, and Tel Amarna.
Temperamental
- adjective - likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
- relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
- subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
Temperateness
- noun - exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"
- moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
Tempest-Swept
- adjective - pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
Tempestuously
- unknown - relating to a tempest/tumultuous/ stormy
Tendentiously
- adverb - in a tendentious manner; "the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities"
Tender-Hefted
- - Having great tenderness; easily moved.
Tenderhearted
- adjective - easily moved by another's distress; "a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race"- W.M.Thackeray
- easily moved to love
Tenderisation
- noun - the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it
Tenderization
- noun - the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it