 In addition to the palaces described below, other sources indicate the existence of a palace founded in the city by Thutmose I, which was still operating under the reign of Tuthmosis IV.Merneptah, according to official texts of his reign, ordered the building of a large walled enclosure housing a new temple and adjoining palace.The later pharaoh, Apries, had a palatial complex constructed at Kom Tuman on a promontory overlooking the city.