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Malkata (or Malqata; Arabic: الملقطة, lit. 'the place where (ancient) things are picked up') [ 1 ] , is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built during the New Kingdom , by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III .
The Malkata palace complex was built by the Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC. The size of the palace complex is unknown, but it contained a T-shaped artificial lake covering an area of at least 2 km 2 (3.6 km 2 according to some estimates). [16] The size of the main palace itself was 30,000 m 2.
16th century BC palace of an unknown king, Ballas [1] 14th century BC palace of Amenhotep III in Malkata (or Malqata), Luxor; 1346 BC Amarna palaces of the Pharaoh Akhenaten in al-Minya; 14th century BC Amenhotep III palace at Avaris (Pi-Ramesses) in the Eastern Desert; 13th century BC palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah in Memphis, Egypt [2]
The palace of Malkata was built in the 14th century BC and its ancient name was Per-Hay, "House of Rejoicing". Originally, the palace was known as the Palace of the Dazzling Aten. Built mostly out of mud-brick, it was Amenhotep's residence throughout most of the later part of his reign.
14th century BC Palace of Amenhotep III in Malkata (or Malqata) in Luxor; 1346 BC Amarna palaces of Pharaoh Akhenaten, in al-Minya; 14th century BC Amenhotep III palace at Avaris (Pi-Ramesses), in Eastern desert; 13th century BC Palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah in Memphis, Egypt [17] 13th century BC Palace of Rameses II, Ramesseum, Luxor [18]
Amenhotep III also built the Malkata palace, the largest built in Egypt. One of the best-known eighteenth dynasty pharaohs is Amenhotep IV, who changed his name to Akhenaten in honour of the Aten, a representation of the Egyptian god, Ra. His worship of the Aten as his personal deity is often interpreted as history's first instance of monotheism.
The greater elements of this area of the complex are what have been come to be called the West Villas (just west of the King's Palace), the North Palace and Village, and Temple. The faience (glazed ceramic earthenware) tile (above) is a reconstruction of wall decoration fragments found at the Temple of Malkata in stacks at the southwest corner ...
The evidence for this marriage consists of a blue-faience kohl-tube with the cartouches of Amenhotep III and Sitamun, an alabaster bowl found at Amarna with the same cartouches, and jar-label inscriptions from Malkata palace. Sitamun's elevation to her role as Great Royal Wife of her father, Amenhotep III, is attested as early as Year 30 of his ...