Malkata
Sign in to saveMalkata (or Malqata; ), is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built during the New Kingdom, by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. It is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. The site also included a temple dedicated to Amenhotep III's Great Royal Wife, Tiy, which honors Sobek, the crocodile deity.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Malkata
- Ancient site.map_type
- Egypt
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
- Ancient site.region
- Upper Egypt
- Ancient site.type
- Palace complex
- Ancient site.part_of
- Theban Necropolis, Thebes
- Ancient site.epochs
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Ancient site.excavations
- Georges Daressy (1888) The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1910–1920) University Museum of Pennsylvania (1970s) The Archaeological Mission of Waseda University (1985)
- Hieroglyphs.name transcription
- Pn-ṯḥn-Jtn
- Hieroglyphs.name explanation
- The Dazzling Aten
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Royal Village
- Festivals At Malkata
- Royal Palace of Amenhotep III
- Layout of the palace
- Palace decorations
- History of the palace
- Excavations
- Deir el-Shelwit
- Temple of Isis
- Roman settlement and cemetery
- Malkata today
- See also
- References
- External links
Malkata (or Malqata; ), is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built during the New Kingdom, by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. It is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. The site also included a temple dedicated to Amenhotep III's Great Royal Wife, Tiy, which honors Sobek, the crocodile deity.
thumb|350px|The ruins of the west villas of the Ancient Egyptian palace, Malkata; north is at the top.