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In 1887, amid the ruins of Akhetaten, the former capital city of Akhenaten a collection of nearly 400 clay tablets was
found by a peasant woman. As with most archeological finds, the discovery was made quite by accident. After the dicovery of
the tablets, the site located at the ancient city was excavated by Professor William Petrie in 1891-1892. The tablets were
written mostly in Akkadain Cuneiform, the standard of communication in Western Asia during the Bonze Age. "They consist mostly
of letters and State records sent to Kings Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV of Egypt, by rulers of Western Asia (Babylonia,
Assyria, Mittani) and provincial governors of Amurru (Northern Syria) and Canaan (Palestine)." (Reeves
120)
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