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Egypt. Deir el-Medina (Egyptian Arabic: دير المدينة), or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BCE). [1] The settlement's ancient name was Set maat ...
Will of Naunakhte. The Will of Naunakhte (also referred to as Naunakht) is a papyrus found at the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina that dates to the 20th Dynasty during the reign of Ramesses V. [1]: 29 Discovered by the French Institute in 1928, the will outlines the division of assets by an Egyptian mother among her children.
Meretseger (also known as Mersegrit[ 1 ] ' or Mertseger) was a Theban cobra - goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, [ 2 ] in charge with guarding and protecting the vast Theban Necropolis — on the west bank of the Nile, in front of Thebes — and especially the heavily guarded Valley of the Kings. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Her cult was typical of the ...
Tomb of Kha and Merit. The tomb of Kha and Merit, also known by its tomb number Theban Tomb 8 or TT8, is the funerary chapel and burial place of the ancient Egyptian foreman Kha and his wife Merit, in the northern cemetery of the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina.
The village resembles the Theban Deir el-Medina, and at least one individual bore the same title as the Deir el-Medina workers - "Servant of the Place [of Truth]." It is possible that the residents of the Amarna village were in fact the Deir el-Medina community transplanted to the new capital.
A trading expedition led by Harkhuf in the Sixth Dynasty (c. 2255 –2246 BC) was allowed to procure supplies from any temple it wished, [31] and the mortuary temples of the Theban Necropolis in the New Kingdom oversaw the provision of the royally employed tomb workers at Deir el-Medina. [32]
TT360. The Theban Tomb TT359, also referred to as the Tomb of Inherkhau, is located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian workman Inherkhau, who was Foreman of the Lord of the Two Lands in the Place of Truth during the reigns of Ramesses ...
The Valley of the Dolmen contains an old trail used by the workmen traveling from Deir el-Medina to the Valley of the Queens. Along this path is a small rock-cut temple dedicated to Ptah and Meretseger. [3] The tombs from this time period are generally simple in form and consist of a chamber and a shaft for burial.