Malkata
Malkata (or Malqata; Arabic: الملقطة, lit. 'the place where things are picked up'), 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.
Shown within Egypt | |
| Location | Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt |
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| Region | Upper Egypt |
| Coordinates | 25°42′55″N 32°35′28″E |
| Type | Palace complex |
| Part of | Theban Necropolis, Thebes |
| History | |
| Periods | New Kingdom of Egypt |
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| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | Georges Daressy (1888) The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1910–1920) University Museum of Pennsylvania (1970s) The Archaeological Mission of Waseda University (1985) |
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