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Workers villages · Mysteria

CategoriesWorkers villages

Workers villages

Every place in the atlas labelled workers villages.

Places: 1
Countries: 1
World Heritage: 1

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village

Deir el-Medina

New Kingdom to Ptolemaic (c.1550–1080 BCE active; village founded by Thutmose I) · Egyptian New Kingdom (workmen community)

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village

Deir el-Medina

New Kingdom to Ptolemaic (c.1550–1080 BCE active; village founded by Thutmose I) · Egyptian New Kingdom (workmen community)

Walled village of skilled artisans who built and decorated royal tombs of Valley of the Kings and Queens (1550–1080 BCE).