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Leonard H. Lesko

Pharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir El Medina - USA Cornell University Press, 1994 - viii, 197+4 ill. (some col.), map 24 cm

Social and economic concerns -- Rank, roles, and rights / Barbara S. Lesko -- Contact with the outside world / Andrea G. McDowell -- Foreigners living in the village / William A. Ward -- Spiritual and intellectual matters -- Aspects of domestic life and religion / Florence D. Friedman -- Magical practices among the villagers / Joris F. Borghouts -- Literature, literacy, and literati / Leonard H. Lesko.

In one village in western Thebes, villagers worked for centuries on the Egyptian tombs and created timeless beauty. Lesko explores the known facts surrounding their everyday lives and their business partnership with the ruling class of ancient Egypt.

0801429153 9780801429156 0801481430 9780801481437

1994

93045650

English


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