The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city ... suggests it may never have affected Akhetaten at all.
A long-held theory that a deadly epidemic triggered the sudden abandonment of Akhetaten, the short-lived capital of ancient Egypt, is now under serious doubt ... However, none of these texts directly mention a health crisis within Akhetaten itself.
BoundaryStela U at Amarna (ancient Akhetaten), Egypt... Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,300-year-old whistle, carved from a cow’s toe bone, and likely used by police, in Akhetaten, the short-lived capital of ancient Egypt now known as Amarna.