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Malkata
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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.

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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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Malkata
time of discovery or invention
1888-00-00
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14 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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