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Malkata

The ruins of Amenhotep III's palace, Malkata
A pleasure palace site on the west shore of the River Nile  at  Medinet Habu, south  of  Thebes, set up  by Amenhotep III (1391-1353 B.C.E.), the original name for the situation may have been Djarukha, the Search for Evening or the Delight of Evening. Malkata is read as the Place Where Things Are Discovered in Arabic.

A miniature royal city, Malkata was grounded as part of Amenhotep IIIs first Heb-Sed fete, recording his  30th  regnal  year. Individual  palace  compounds  written the site, with administrative buildings, magazines, kitchens, and a temple to the God Amun. Residences for court officials were lavish, and all of the bodily structures were vividly  decorated.  An  artificial  lake,  the  Habu  (Birket Habu),  and  a  nurse  were  fabricated  for  the  part, connected to the Nile and constructed within a matter of weeks. A T-shaped harbor continues visible in modern times. The ruler and his courtiers sailed on a barge sacred to the god Aten when he visited Malkata, which in time got his royal hall. He built a palace there for his harem and  manufactured  others  for  Queen  Tiye (1) and  for Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), his heir.

Totally of  the  royal  abodes  were  elaborately  painted and raised by local artists. The entire complex, developed out of sun-dried bricks, was linked to a nearby funerary temple by a causeway dedicated to the god Amun, who was good in this shrine. The extravagant corteges of the palace and temples were finished and painted with views of daily life. Malkata was enlarged for the solemnization of Amenhotep III's extra sed festivals. A second lake was also fashioned on the eastern shore, and the site covered  more  than  80  acres. Malkata was  named  the House of Rejoicing during festivals.



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