Deir el-Medina

The ruins of Deir el-Medina provide many insights into the daily lives of a village of tomb-builders. The people who lived in Deir el-Medina left many clues as to what they did from day-to-day. One such clue is the abundance of poems found in a well, carved into shards of broken pottery. Many of these poems describe romantic relationships and the relationship’s effect on the speakers’ behaviors. Whether the speaker feels lovesick, obsessive, or excited, the behavior of the speaker is different than

looks to the village of Deir el-Medina one is given a few indications of every day life of Ancient Egyptians. Mainly workmen and their families occupied the village (except when Akhenaten was in power). Evidence from this village gives us insight into the economy of everyday man in ancient Egypt as well as how the workers lived. We are even given evidence of a strike. All of this cuts away the modern misconception of Egyptian workers in the guise of slaves. Deir el-Medina was not a place in which

120; Newberry, P.E., 1893- 1900). The connection between god Khnum and gazelle came from the same epithet nb n GHsty 'Lord of Gehesty '; the epithet is represented by two gazelle , , in the Book of Dead which found in Karnak Cachette (TT 320, Bab el Gasus) we have two examples indicate the connection between Khnum and gazelle; first mention is found in chapter 17 Naville 1912: Pl. XIII, 8) and the second in Chapter 112 (Naville 1912: Pl. XXII, 12). In both chapters Khnum is titled nb n GHsty n

Throughout history, men typically dominated societies. Men have always appeared to have more respect and rights than women, depending on certain civilizations. In societies like Egypt, men were frequently pharaohs and today, are considered to be great rulers. Women were often expected to take the job of motherhood in Egyptian society. Although this was their anticipated responsibility, women, usually upper class and royal, were still permitted to get an education, to possess property, own businesses

A long time ago, women didn’t have much say in the social or political. In Egypt however, women were given more freedom than other women in other civilizations. It was normally king ship but there were very little queens who had authority as a pharaoh and the most successful and famous female pharaoh was Hatshepsut. She was the eldest of two sisters, daughter of Thutmose I and his wife Ames was the queen of Egypt, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, at the age of 12. Thutmose II took the throne

temples there and had two obelisks erected there; at the time, they were the tallest in the world. Hatshepsut undertook ambitious building projects, particularly in the area around Thebes. Her greatest achievement was the enormous memorial temple at Deir el-Bahri, considered one of the architectural wonders of ancient Egypt. Another great achievement of her reign was a trading expedition she authorized that brought back vast riches–including ivory, ebony, gold, leopard

Hatshepsut’s reign lasted 21 years from 1479 to 1458 B.C. She was the daughter of Tuthmosis and Queen Ahmose. The queen was unable to bear a son so Tuthmosis had a son by a second queen or ‘harem’ wife. This son, Tuthmosis II became the heir and inherited the crown when Hatshepsut’s father died. To continue the royal lineage, Hatshepsut and her half-brother, Tuthmosis II married. They had a daughter but she was unable to provide him with a son and heir. A ‘harem’ wife bore her husband’s son and heir

The expansion of the political and economical power during the New kingdom, led to the devotion of resources to the religious architecture; numerous new temples were constructed while the pre-existing temples were renovated. Individual Pharaohs endeavored to out do their ancestors, not only in the construction of their own mortuary temples, but also in the establishment of worship temples of their deities. Kings of this period abandoned the pyramid complexity of the earlier ages and constructed their

Hathor at Cusae, a temple for Min and the temple of Thoth at Hermopolis. Her building programs consisted of completing Thutmose II due to his short reign and constructing new buildings. Her new building programs consisted of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri; the Red Chapel, obelisks and pylon at Karnak; the barque sanctuary at Luxor and the cliff temple dedicated to the lion goddess, Pakhet at Beni Hassan. Her building programs were important to further enhance her relationship with the Amun- Re

vital trade routes. Thus allowing boats filled with goods to be imported back to Egypt. In addition to expanding trade to help her country prosper, Hatshepsut had also built many great monuments such as the Palace of Ma’at, Gebel el Silsila, Chapelle Rouge, and the Deir el Bahri that exhibits the immense growth of her country. These tremendous monuments displayed that Egypt under Hatshepsut’s rule had prospered because it proves that the economy of that time was great since Hatshepsut was able to afford