The workmen who built and decorated the royal tombs
used to live there. The entire village has been
completely excavated. The master quarries, painters,
masons and sculptures who worked on the royal tombs used
to live in this village with their family. The workers
used to reach the Valley of The Kings by walking each day
through a mountain path which passed over the cliff of
Deir el- Bahari. The remains of the village lie on the
path between Deir el- Bahari and the Valley of the
Queens. Almost all the houses are similar in size and
design. All of them are small and share common walls.
Each house used to have an entrance supported by one
column from the inside. A main chamber lied behind the
entrance. Stairways at the end of the chamber leads to
long, vanished roof. The house were made of mud bricks, a
common way of building in the Egyptian country side. The
kitchen was a court behind the stairs. A visitor can see
larger houses in the village. These houses used to belong
to the chiefs of the crews.
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Design, Layout and Graphic Art by Jimmy
Dunn, an InterCity
Oz, Inc. Employee
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