Malkata

Malkata
Malkata is located in Egypt
Malkata
Shown within Egypt
LocationLuxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
RegionUpper Egypt
Coordinates25°42′55″N 32°35′28″E / 25.71528°N 32.59111°E / 25.71528; 32.59111
TypePalace complex
Part ofTheban Necropolis, Thebes
History
PeriodsNew Kingdom of Egypt
Associated with
Site notes
Excavation datesGeorges Daressy (1888)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1910–1920)
University Museum of Pennsylvania (1970s)
The Archaeological Mission of Waseda University (1985)

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.

The ruins of the west villas of the Ancient Egyptian palace, Malkata; north is at the top.