Deir el medina – a workers village 1. What was the function of deir el medina? A home for craftsmen while working at the Valley of the Kings. 2. Where was it located? In new kingdom Egypt 3. What kind of information does deir el medina provide us with? It provides us with information that the craftsmen referred themselves as ‘servants in the place of truth’. It provides us with information about the lives of the workers. 4. What are our main sources of evidence? What are they called and what
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NAVARRA DEIR EL-MEDINA The village of Deir el-Medina is situated in Upper Egypt near Thebes and Luxor‚ on the west bank of the Nile. The typical New Kingdom village was predominately agricultural and contained a wide range of skilled and non-skilled workers‚ including farmers‚ fishermen and labourers. By contrast‚ Deir el-Medina was built to house only one group of people: the skilled workers who built and decorated the royal tombs. The community included the workmen‚ their wives‚ children
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Assessment Task 1- Case Studies Deir-el Medina by Mike Ryan 1. Describe the site (200 Words): * -Who built the site * -When was it built * -How was it built * -What was the purpose of the site Deir-El Medina is a one of the best preserved ancient settlements in Egypt. The settlement is situated in a small isolated valley surrounded by the Theban hills‚ on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. This village was the home to a community of workmen who constructed and decorated
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Deir el-Medina Deir el-Medina is not an important site to study when looking at Egyptian culture‚ architecture and workforce as it only represents a small part of Egyptian society and a specialised one at that. Deir el-Medina was a city that was built for the sole purpose of building tombs for the people of the main Egyptian cities. For this reason it is an important site to study when looking at Egyptian burial practices. It is‚ however useful when looking at Egyptian culture‚ architecture
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Deir el-Medina. Caitlin Wall. Good morning‚ Deir el-Medina is a little workmans villiage set on the west bank or the River Nile‚ just below the ancient city of Thebes. The village was inhabited by workmen who were responsible for the construction and decoration of the royal tombs from the New Kingdom. The exploration of Deir el-Medina has yielded a huge quantity of artefacts and texts written on ostraca or papyri‚ which offer a unique view into the daily life of an ancient Egyptian community. Throughout
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Nercopolis at Deir El-Medina The ancient egyjuption village of Deir El-Medina was home for the artisans who worked on the tombs in the valleys of the kings (A) Tomb 1 The tomb of Sennedjem in the necropolis of Deir el-Medina on the West Bank at Luxor was actually one of the great discoveries‚ found by Italian archaeologists in 1886. Nothing had been disturbed. Today the funerary equipment‚ mostly made by the workers themselves‚ is displayed in the Museo Egizio at Turin. Almost all of the decorations
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Modern Historian‚ Bradley reinforces this by saying‚ “Amun gave her directions and everything she did‚ she did according to his command”. The expedition brought back mainly Myrrah trees in baskets of soil‚ situating them to adorn her mortuary temple Deir el-Bahri that was dedicated to her heavenly father‚ Amun. A great wall relief in Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple (provided) exhibits the importance of her expedition to Punt and it’s contribution to the success of her reign. The image depicts baskets of
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Hatshepsut’s Temple Hatshepsut’s temple is located beneath the cliffs of the Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile River near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It is known as one of the most beautiful of the royal mortuary temples in the world due to its design and artwork. Designed by Senemut‚ in 15th century b.c. ‚ the temple was constructed for Queen Hatshepsut. She was the first female pharaoh. The temple was built to honor her achievements during her rule and also to serve as her
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Explain the importance of Deir el Bahri The Deir el Bahri is a temple at the base of the Theban cliffs which faced the Nile on the west bank. The temple was intended to be the funerary temple of Thutmose II although served the purpose of carrying out daily offering to Hatshepsut after her death. The temple had significant priority as it was dedicated to Amun‚ holiest of holies. The temple demonstrated her devotion to the gods and reflected the general prosperity of her reign. The temple was significant
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Hatshepsut’s rise of power The Idea That A woman could be a Pharaoh or a king in Ancient Egypt was obnoxious where men dominated the life of the Government. However‚ in the 1507 the wife of Thuthmose I1 the Queen Ahmose gave birth to their older daughter the woman who was historically confirmed as a Pharaoh and successfully ruled a nation for more than 20 years5 and was longest reigning female of her time 3 ‚her name was Hatshepsut which means "Foremost of Noble Women" . Hatshepsut was the wife of
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