Malqata
Malkata, 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.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Archaeological site of Egypt
- Also known as: “Malkata”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Medinet Habu and Memnon Statue.
Medinet Habu
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt. Medinet Habu is situated 1 km northeast of Malqata.
Memnon Statue
Photo: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Colossi of Memnon are two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis. Memnon Statue is situated 2 km east of Malqata.
Valley of the Queens
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Valley of the Queens is a site in Egypt, in which queens, princes, princesses, and other high-ranking officials were buried from roughly 1560 BC to 1130 BC. Valley of the Queens is situated 1¼ km north of Malqata.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 3 km northeast of Malqata.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
Malqata
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Qena Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.71575° or 25° 42′ 57″ northLongitude
32.59235° or 32° 35′ 32″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPH8R+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 346643540OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q431422
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Malqata” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الملقطة”
- Basque: “Malkata”
- Catalan: “palau de Malkatta”
- Catalan: “Palau de Malkatta”
- Chinese: “馬爾卡塔”
- Chinese: “马尔卡塔”
- Dutch: “Malkata”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الملقطه (الاقصر)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الملقطه”
- French: “Malqata”
- Galician: “Malkata”
- German: “al-Malqata”
- German: “el-Malqata”
- German: “Malkata”
- German: “Malqata”
- German: “Malqaṭa”
- Hebrew: “מלקטה”
- Hungarian: “Malkata”
- Indonesian: “Malkata”
- Irish: “Malkata”
- Italian: “Malkata”
- Japanese: “マルカタ”
- Korean: “말카타”
- Polish: “Malkata”
- Portuguese: “Malcata (Egito)”
- Portuguese: “Malcata”
- Russian: “Малката”
- Spanish: “Malkata”
- Swahili: “Malkata”
- Swedish: “Malqata”
- Turkish: “Malkata Saray Kompleksi”
- Ukrainian: “Малката”
- Urdu: “الملقطہ (اقصر)”
- Urdu: “الملقطہ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palace of Amenhotep 3 and Dayr al Muharib / Saint Tawdros.
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