198b: The Tomb Builders in the Age of Sety I
12/13/24 • 73 min
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Livestream recording. The village of Deir el-Medina first arose in the 18th Dynasty (c.1550—1310 BCE), but the historical records really multiply in the 19th and 20th Dynasties (c.1310—1070 BCE). In this livestream recording, I set the scene for the village and introduce you to some of its inhabitants. We explore houses and families, and a couple of intact tombs that shed light on the inhabitants...
Video version available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/livestream-deir-117598390.
Deir el-Medina Village
- Museo Egizio excavation photos: https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/excavations-at-the-village-temple-and-chapels/?photo=C00949
- Kairo info4u: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157615031342678/
- Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Deir_el-Medina
TT1 Sennedjem and Family
- Kairoinfo4u: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157645191206615/
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=sennedjem&geolocation=Thebes&sortBy=AccessionNumber&showOnly=withImage
TT8 Tomb of Kha & Merit
- Museo Egizio excavation photos: https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/tt8-tomb-and-chapel-of-kha-and-merit/?photo=C02053
- Museo Egizio objects collection https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/search/?action=s&provenance=Deir%20el-Medina%20%2f%20tomb%20of%20Kha%20(TT8)
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Livestream recording. The village of Deir el-Medina first arose in the 18th Dynasty (c.1550—1310 BCE), but the historical records really multiply in the 19th and 20th Dynasties (c.1310—1070 BCE). In this livestream recording, I set the scene for the village and introduce you to some of its inhabitants. We explore houses and families, and a couple of intact tombs that shed light on the inhabitants...
Video version available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/livestream-deir-117598390.
Deir el-Medina Village
- Museo Egizio excavation photos: https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/excavations-at-the-village-temple-and-chapels/?photo=C00949
- Kairo info4u: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157615031342678/
- Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Deir_el-Medina
TT1 Sennedjem and Family
- Kairoinfo4u: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157645191206615/
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=sennedjem&geolocation=Thebes&sortBy=AccessionNumber&showOnly=withImage
TT8 Tomb of Kha & Merit
- Museo Egizio excavation photos: https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/tt8-tomb-and-chapel-of-kha-and-merit/?photo=C02053
- Museo Egizio objects collection https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/search/?action=s&provenance=Deir%20el-Medina%20%2f%20tomb%20of%20Kha%20(TT8)
The History of Egypt Podcast:
- Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
- Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
- Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.
- Intro music by Ihab.
- Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.
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Previous Episode
198: Servants in the Place of Truth (The Tomb-Builders)
Deir el-Medina’s Golden Age (Part 1). In the age of Sety I, the village of the tomb-builders expanded significantly. Likewise, our evidence for daily life, families, households, and business begins to proliferate. Historians can identify individuals from tombs and connect them with specific houses. We can track their movements, as they form relationships, get married, have children, and pass things to their descendants. Written records tell us about the village’s operations, including their funding from the pharaoh’s government. Around 1300 BCE, we stand on the threshold of some truly detailed stories...
DEIR EL-MEDINA LIVESTREAM, open to the public, see details here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116333133.
See photos of Deir el-Medina by:
- Kairoinfo4u https://flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157615031342678/
- Margaret Lucy Patterson https://flickr.com/photos/24729615@N00/albums/72157625707940536/
- Heidi Kontkanen https://flickr.com/photos/plingthepenguin/albums/72157657026077070/
For personal items, including food discovered in tombs, see the collection of the Museo Egizio, Turin (English database).
People and families of Deir el-Medina: Davies, B. G. (1999). Who’s Who at Deir el-Medina: A Prosopographic Study of the Royal Workmen’s Community. Available free from the publisher and author at https://www.nino-leiden.nl/publication/whos-who-at-deir-el-medina and https://www.academia.edu/10955578/Whos_Who_at_Deir_el_Medina.
Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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Logo image: The Workman Sennedjem and his wife Iy-Nefret worship the sky goddess Nut, who emerges from a sycamore tree (Photo Chris Ward).
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Next Episode
199: The Winter War
Sety’s final campaign. In winter of year 8 (approx. December 1296 BCE), the King of Egypt Sety I received news: rebellion in the south. In a land called Irem, now in modern Sudan, locals were resisting Egypt’s monarch. Sety gathered an army of infantry and chariots and set off to war. The story is told by Egyptians participating in the event, and by monuments erected to commemorate it...
Logo image: Captive Nubians in distinctive clothing, accompanied by cattle. From TT40, the tomb of Amunhotep Huy, reign of Tutankhamun, by Kairoinfo4u https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157665011702090/.
See the temple of Beit el-Wali at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temple_of_Beit_el-Wali
Music by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com.
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
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