RPR-EGY-A001 · EGYPT
Malqata Palace City
18th Dynasty
History & Character
Malqata was a palace complex of Amenhotep III at Thebes during Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty. Excavated decoration offers a glimpse of the royal interiors: important buildings had painted floors, walls and ceilings, rather than the bare surfaces suggested by their surviving remains.
A ceiling fragment excavated beside the king’s bedchamber combines spirals, rosettes and ox-skull motifs. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it illustrates how archaeological finds help reconstruct the appearance of a residence whose rooms no longer survive intact. The museum collection record documents the object and its findspot; it is not visitor guidance for the Egyptian site.
Sources for this description
Description checked 9 October 2026.
Local name:
Period: 18th Dynasty
Type: Palace City
Status: Archaeological
Provenance: Verified
Geography
Geographic Path: Egypt → Luxor Governorate → Luxor → West Bank of Luxor
Local Place: Malqata
Estate / Micro-location: Amenhotep III palace city / Birket Habu landscape
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Rulers, Residents & Use by Reign
| Period | Ruler | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| reign–reign | Amenhotep III | principal royal palace city | Malqata was Amenhotep III's vast jubilee and residential palace city. |