Amunhotep III (Part 11): The Royal Palace.
By 1370 BCE, King Amunhotep III was living in a sumptuous palace at Thebes. Built for the first sed-festival, the “House of Rejoicing” aka Malqata was a magnificent structure with many beautiful elements. Today, we start to explore how a pharaoh lived and the lifestyle they enjoyed…
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Malqata Gallery
The Birket Habu lake, with Malqata in the background (ARCE)
Malqata’s first palace. Note the main hall H (centre) plus the King’s Bedchamber (centre-left) and the apartments (K1-8, N1-8, J & O). King’s Throne Room at I (Joint Expedtion)
Pharaoh’s Throne, reconstructed by Franck Monnier (2019)
Mycenaean-style bulls, spirals and rosettes decorating the ceiling of pharaoh’s apartment
The Malqata bull’s head compared with a Mycenaean rhyton (drinking vessel). Note the rosette between the horns / adorning the forehead.
Bibliography
Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
Aikaterini Koltsida, “The North Palace at Malkata,” Archiv für Orientforschung 2011.
Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012.
Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992.
William C. Hayes, “Inscriptions from the Palace of Amenhotep III,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1951.
Peter Lacovara, The New Kingdom Royal City, 1999.
Peter Lacovara, “Recent Work at Malqata Palace,” conference paper 2013.
Franck Monnier, “Scientific Reconstruction of the Palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata,” in Peter Lacovara (ed.) Studies on The Palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata 2019 (forthcoming).
David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001.
Website of the Joint Expedtion to Malqata: https://imalqata.wordpress.com/
Hello there!
I just wanted to thank you for posting this – in fact, for all you are attempting to do (and succeeding) with your podcast. As a history teacher, I really appreciate all the time, research and curating that goes into each of your episodes and these blog posts. They have truly benefitted me as I take my students on field trips to the museum and share insights I have learned from listening. Your episode on Malqata has whet my appetite to know more about the excavations of this site – it has so much to offer us in understanding what the daily surroundings of a Pharaoh were like. Sharing these discoveries as you have, putting them in context and framing them in a cohesive, progressive narrative has truly made the history come alive for your listeners. You are doing very meaningful work with this, and your passion for your subject shows.