Maru-Aten

Maru-Aten, short for Pa-maru-en-pa-aten (The Viewing-Palace-of-the-Aten),[1] is a palace or sun-temple located 3 km to the south of the central city area of the city of Akhetaten (today's el Amarna).

It is thought to have been originally constructed for Akhenaten's queen Kiya, but on her death her name and images were altered to those of Meritaten, his daughter.

[2] This site is now lost beneath modern fields, but was excavated first by Alessandro Barsanti in 1896 and more fully by Leonard Woolley in 1921.

[3] The Maru-Aten consists of two adjacent enclosures, one slightly larger than the other.

Both enclosures contained shallow pools and garden areas planted with trees.