The Amarna Letters are some of the most valuable documents ever found from ancient Egypt. this collection of documents, written on flat pieces of clay in the cuneiform script of mesopotamia, was discovered in 1887 at tell el-Amarna (Akhetaten). the discoverer tried to sell them, only to be told they were fakes.
they are not. most of the letters are personal and diplomatic correspondence between the courts of Eighteenth Dynasty kings Amenhotep iii and Akhenaten and foreign kings and officials. Subjects include complaints about Egypt’s foreign policy, demands for gifts or favors, requests for special treatment, pleas for more foreign aid, insincere apologies for border raids, attempts to gain favor with flattery and praise, and boring details of trade agreements.
How is it possible that, having written to you in order to ask for the hand of your daughter oh my brother, you should have written me using such language, telling me that you will not give her to me as since earliest times no daughter of the king of Egypt has ever been given in marriage? Why are yo;u telling me such things? You are the king. You may do as you wish.
If you wanted to give me your daughter in marriage who could say you nay? As to the gold about which I wrote you, send me now quickly during this summer. gold in abundance, as much as is available. If you send me this summer. the gold concerning which I’ve written to you, I shall give you my daughter in marriage. Therefore, send gold, willingly, as much as you please.