In 1887 a cache of clay tablets turned up at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt: the diplomatic letters of the pharaohs’ court. This short study explains how they were found and what they show of the Egyptian administration, the correspondence of the kings of Mitanni, Babylon and Assyria, and the pleas of vassal princes in Syria and Canaan.
A concise popular introduction to one of archaeology’s great finds, from The Ancient East series. Download the free EPUB.