Reconstruction of Geometric Decoration ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom The faience tiles in this reconstructed panel of geometric decoration were unearthed during the Museum's excavations at Malqata, the site of a festival city constructed by Amenhotep III to celebrate his three rejuvination festivals, or heb seds. The tiles were found in stacks on the floor of a room in the southwest corner of a temple built to honor the god Amun (see the excavation photo above). Originally they probably decorated the sides of a wooden shrine or some other piece of temple furniture such as the cabin on a sacred barque that would have been used to carry the god's image in celebrations.The reconstruction is based on the shapes of the tiles which suggest that they were made to fill spaces between series of running spirals. These spirals would probably have been carved in wood or plaster and covered with gold foil (restored here in gold paint). Smaller, rectangular tiles formed the borders of the decoratio