Pharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir el Medina - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801481430 ISBN 13: 9780801481437

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Leonard H. Lesko is Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Chair, Department of Egyptology, Brown University.

Review:

"Pharaoh's Workers will appeal to everyone interested in Near Eastern archaeology... An attractive addition to the reading list for undergraduate courses in history, religion, and archaeology."

(Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin)

"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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801481430
• ISBN 13: 9780801481437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Leonard H. Lesko, Barbara S. Lesko