Deir el medina – a workers village 1. What was the function of deir el medina? A home for craftsmen while working at the Valley of the Kings. 2. Where was it located? In new kingdom Egypt 3. What kind of information does deir el medina provide us with? It provides us with information that the craftsmen referred themselves as ‘servants in the place of truth’. It provides us with information about the lives of the workers. 4. What are our main sources of evidence? What are they called and what
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Dictionary‚ a landmark is defined as “An object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance‚ especially one that enables someone to establish their location.” A landmark can also be defined as‚ “An event or discovery marking an important stage or turning point in something” (Oxford Dictionary). Both Hammurabi’s Code and The Egyptian Pyramids meet the definition of a landmark. Although Hammurabi’s code meets one version of this definition‚ The Egyptian Pyramids
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agricultural and contained a wide range of skilled and non-skilled workers‚ including farmers‚ fishermen and labourers. By contrast‚ Deir el-Medina was built to house only one group of people: the skilled workers who built and decorated the royal tombs. The community included the workmen‚ their wives‚ children and other relatives‚ together with people such as water-carriers‚ gardeners‚ potters and basket-markers who catered for the needs of the workmen and their families. Through the aspects
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that would examine the surrounding area of the mysterious ziggurat of Ur. Along with his team of excavators‚ Woolley was the first to unearth the “Royal Cemetery” of Ur‚ a mass grave full of private burial chambers and massive “death pits”. Inside of tomb 789‚ dubbed the King’s Grave‚ were two lyres‚ a bull-headed lyre‚ a silver lyre‚ and a bull-headed harp. The ancient instruments were found with the arms of their female players still wrapped around the strings‚ as if the women were playing the lyres
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or burial rooms for the dead or the people. When someone dies‚ the body is simply buried or thrown away. With the development of human society‚ superstition has been gradually implemented‚ burial gradually becomes an important thing. Therefore‚ the tomb came into being and developed into an important part of the hierarchy. Most ancient people believe when people died their souls were still alive‚ leaving their bodies for the other world and sometimes go back to the human world to influence life. Ancient
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King Tutankhamun’s sickness called malaria is the most logical way that Tut died so young. According to NYTimes article “Scientist have now determined that the most likely agents of death: a severe bout of malaria combined with a degenerative bone condition.” This shows that scientist may have found scientific evidence that says that Tut died from malaria. For example malaria shuts down your organs‚ and your organs help you have strength. If Tuts organs failed he could have fallen‚ and nobody was
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mystery behind King Tutankhem’s death. King Tutankhamen died around the age of 18 years old. However‚ no one has been able to accurately confirm the cause of his death. There are many various speculations on the cause of his death since the discovery of his tomb in 1922. Some people say he was murdered because of his father‚ while others believe he died from an injury or illness. Was King Tutankhamen murdered‚ died of an injury or was his death caused by an illness? "1968 X-ray of King Tutankhamen
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buried in Mastaba’s Inside these Mastaba’s they packed what they believed could possibly be useful to them in the afterlife. However‚ regardless of whether a burial was above ground or below eventually it would probably have been robbed. Very few tombs survived the millennia intact. Ancient Egyptian burials often include small human figures known as “shabti ‚ canopic jars etc. 3.2 The Archaeological Site and Finds – Location/Description The various archaeological findings of the eight
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Pharaohs. However the most important part to ancient Egyptians are the burial tombs and the mummification process. The whole time they were alive they thought about how to keep living in the afterlife and to prepare themselves for the extraneous journey. Mostly the wealthier Egyptians think of the afterlife and how to prepare for it. Mainly the royal court and always the Pharaohs and Queens have a plan for their burial tombs. Which usually will house all of their loved ones and themselves. This tedious
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The Terracotta Army is a life-size clay army (Hardy 13) built as‚ the 1st Emperor of China‚ Qin Shi Huang’s tomb (Hardy 10). It includes over 8000 soldiers‚ 130 chariots‚ 520 horses‚ and 150 cavalry horses (Terracotta) because the Emperor wanted to have them just in case he wanted company in the after-life (Roach). In this amazing life-size army there were three pits filled with soldiers‚ chariots‚ horses‚ and even a officer’s command station (Terracotta). No one knows how long it actually took
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