The Amarna letters (sometimes "Amarna tablets") are an archive of correspondence on … The Amarna letters are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom, between c. 1360–1332 BC. They are perhaps the earliest examples of international diplomacy while their most common subjects are negotiations of diplomatic marriage, friendship statements and exchanged materials.

The letters were found in Upper Egypt at el-Amarna, the modern name for the ancient Egyptian capital of Akhetaten, founded by pharaoh Akhenaten during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The name Amarna Letters derives from the place where the tablets were found: the ancient city of Akhetaten (built … Amarna Letters, cache of clay tablets discovered at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt and dating to the reigns of kings Amenhotep III and Akhenaton of the 18th dynasty.

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 shortly after his death. The Amarna Letters are a body of 14th century BCE correspondence exchanged between the rulers of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. The area is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km south of the city of The Amarna letters are unusual in Egyptological research, bec… Akhetaten means "Horizon of the Aten". The name for the city employed by the ancient Egyptians is written as Akhetaten in English transliteration.