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The Birds of Amarna

Features January/February 2026

By Jarrett A. Lobell

An Egyptian princess seeks sanctuary in her private palace
A 1926 facsimile of a wall painting in the Green Room at Amarna, Egypt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/ Rogers Fund, 1930
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Black and white archival image of wall paintings in the Green Room just after excavation in Amarna, Egypt
An image of wall paintings in the Green Room just after excavation. What is shown here inspired a facsimile (below) but no longer survives in its original form.
Map of Egypt with points for Cairo, Amarna, and Thebes

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Jarrett A. Lobell is editor in chief at ARCHAEOLOGY.

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