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Malkata

Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Malkata (or Malqata;, lit. 'the place where (ancient) 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.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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