Deir el –Medina Place of Truth Life of the common man
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Free Template from www.brainybetty.com Deir el- Medina Founded by Amenhotep1, 18th dynasty, during New Kingdom, ca 1525 B.C Tutmosis 1 (ca 1500B.C ) builds the first wall Located near the Valley of the Kings, west of Thebes, across the Nile 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
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Tombs of the Kings-Thutmose 111 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
Community of Craftsmen In use for over 500 years Approximately 100 inhabitants plus children Known names include- Kha the architect -Ramose the scribe -Kenherkopershef the historian Workers for the tomb builders, but other workmen included gardners, fishermen, potters and handymen Specialized jobs included painters, plasterers, sculptors, foremen and scribes 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
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About 100 homes, were plain and made of mudbrick, mostly single storey The average family consisted of father, mother, and two to four children. Relatives who had fallen on hard times may have shared their flat, as may have, in the more affluent households, a small number of servants. The living space per person seems to have been between five and fifteen square metres. As the man was often away for the whole work week, the overcrowding was not quite as bad most of the time. 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
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Free Template from www.brainybetty.com Tomb of Sennedjem Discovered in tact in 1886, it displayed the conventional funerary imagery, as well as Sennedjem and his wife in their daily life. 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
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Free Template from www.brainybetty.com Ostraca Thousands of ostraka have been found They include letters, notes, records and evidence of daily life Most are written in hieratic, a short hand version of heiroglyphs 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
Ostraca showing orders for yarn and wood for a king’s tomb 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
Women of Deir el- Medina Thou shouldst not supervise they wife in her house, when thou knowest she is efficient. Do not say to her: 'Where is it? Fetch it for us!' when she has put it in the most useful place. Let thine eye have regard, while thou art silent, that thou mayest recognize her abilities." 1/18/2019 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com
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