What is the origin of the name of Tell Al-Amarna? The ancient Egyptians knew this city with name Akhetaten meaning the Horizon of the god Aten, but now we are calling it Tell Al-Amarna due to the Beni Amran tribe who was living in this place.

It has an archaeological monument inside the museum campus that it is the oldest tanning leather in Egypt. Its importance is that this tanning leather is the only building remained to infer on the tanning leather style in Islamic time.