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The Ancient Worker Village at Deir El Medineh

Deir El Medine, Cairo, Egypt

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Deir el-Medina (the Workers' Village)

  • 2 out of 5 stars by Liam Hetherington from Manchester, United Kingdom
  • February 15, 2008
Deir el-Medina (the Workers' Village)
Quote: It was not just the nobility who got in on the afterlife gig in ancient Egypt. The construction and decoration of their temples and grandiose funerary architecture depended upon a specialised class of masons and artists. Well, less a class than a... Read the full The Ancient Worker Village at Deir El Medineh review

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The Ancient Worker Village at Deir El Medineh

  • 5 out of 5 stars by lwoodie from Oak Hill, Virginia
  • June 17, 2004
The Ancient Worker Village at Deir El Medineh
Quote: One of the stops in Luxor was an ancient worker village. The people who constructed the tombs of the kings were never allowed to mingle in society again for fear that they would divulge the secret location of the tombs. They made villages nearby... Read the full The Ancient Worker Village at Deir El Medineh review

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