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050 0 0 _aDT73.D47
_bP47 1994
100 _aLeonard H. Lesko
245 0 0 _aPharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir El Medina
260 _aUSA
_bCornell University Press,
_c1994
300 _aviii, 197+4
_bill. (some col.), map
_c24 cm
505 0 _aSocial 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.
520 _aIn 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.
630 _lEnglish
650 0 _aWorking class
_zEgypt
_zDeir el-Medina Site
650 0 _aGeneral