Back الملقطة (الأقصر) Arabic الملقطه (الاقصر) ARZ Palau de Malkatta Catalan Malqata German Malkata Spanish Malkata Basque Malqata French Malkata Galician Malkata Hungarian Malkata ID
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  Shown within Egypt | |
| Location | Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt |
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| Region | Upper Egypt |
| Coordinates | 25°42′55″N 32°35′28″E / 25.71528°N 32.59111°E |
| Type | Palace complex |
| Part of | Theban Necropolis, Thebes |
| History | |
| Periods | New Kingdom of Egypt |
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| Excavation dates | Georges 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.
