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
General
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
General