Ancient site · Luxor
Malkata
The site of Amenhotep III's great palace complex on the West Bank of Thebes, south of Medinet Habu.
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The story
Malkata is the site of an ancient Egyptian palace complex built by the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III during the New Kingdom, with work starting around year 11 of his reign. It lies on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes in Upper Egypt, in the desert south of Medinet Habu and near the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina. Wikipedia also records a temple dedicated to Tiy, Amenhotep III's Great Royal Wife, honouring the crocodile god Sobek. The Arabic name means "the place where (ancient) things are picked up". Today little survives beyond the lower courses of mud-brick walls and the lower parts of a few wall paintings.
Good to know
- The complex was built by Amenhotep III of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
- Of the mud-brick palace, only the lowest wall courses and parts of a few wall paintings remain.