Eric H. Cline | Love, War, and Diplomacy in Canaan during the Amarna Age

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

“Speak to the King, my lord and my Sun god”: Love, War, and Diplomacy in Canaan during the Amarna Age” Eric H. Cline January 7, 2026 In 1887, a cache of nearly 400 clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform was discovered at Tell el-Amarna, the capital city of the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten. Dating to the