The Ancient Egypt site of Tuna el-Gebel borders Amarna, the
capital of the pharaoh Akhenaten, who is one of the most controversial pharaohs
of today due to his break from ancient Egypt's traditional religions. It is a
little over four miles west of Hermopolis and just west of the modern village
of Deirut. It is one of several necropolises of ancient Hermopolis.
The ruins of Tuna El-Gebel are scattered over an area of
about three kilometers. The oldest monument found here is one of six Stella on
the boundary of Akhenaten's ancient city, which shows the king and Nefertiti in
various poses. It is a part of a rock-cut "shrine" a little way up
the escarpment.