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Pharaoh´s Workers: The Villagers of Deir el Medina
Leonard H. Lesko (Ed.)
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Description for Pharaoh´s Workers: The Villagers of Deir el Medina
Paperback. Editor(s): Lesko, Leonard H. Num Pages: 224 pages, 47. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
Pharaoh's Workers focuses on the archaeological site at Deir el Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The workers who prepared the royal tombs and lived there in what has been called the earliest known artists' colony left a rich store of artifacts and documents through which we can glimpse not only their working conditions and domestic activities, but also their religious beliefs and private thoughts.
Pharaoh's Workers focuses on the archaeological site at Deir el Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The workers who prepared the royal tombs and lived there in what has been called the earliest known artists' colony left a rich store of artifacts and documents through which we can glimpse not only their working conditions and domestic activities, but also their religious beliefs and private thoughts.
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
324g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801481437
SKU
V9780801481437
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About Leonard H. Lesko (Ed.)
Leonard H. Lesko is Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Chair, Department of Egyptology, Brown University.
Reviews for Pharaoh´s Workers: The Villagers of Deir el Medina
This volume provides an excellent introduction to the varied evidence available for the study of the lives of the men and women who built and decorated Ramesside Period royal tombs.
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Pharaoh's Workers will appeal to everyone interested in Near Eastern archaeology... An attractive addition to the reading list for undergraduate ... Read more
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Pharaoh's Workers will appeal to everyone interested in Near Eastern archaeology... An attractive addition to the reading list for undergraduate ... Read more