Tell el-Amarna, capital of ancient Egypt | History and facts about the capital of the Pharaonic civilization in the era of King Akhenaten “in southern Egypt in Minya and what it contains of Pharaonic monuments and more about Ancient Egypt History. Tell el-Amarna or Akhetaten in the Egyptian capital built by King Akhenaten, an archaeological city located on the eastern bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt, specifically in Minya,