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<< Our Photo Pages >> Deir El Medina Tombs - Rock Cut Tomb in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 10418

Multi-periodSite Name: Deir El Medina Tombs
Country: Egypt Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Luxor  Nearest Village: Deir El Medina
Latitude: 25.728040N  Longitude: 32.601020E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by AlexHunger : Many of the foreman at Deir El Medina built small mudbrick pyramids on top of their tombs, though these were well underground. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Cut Tomb in Upper Egypt


53 tombs of workers and foremen of the Deir El Medina Village who worked on the tombs of the Valley of the Kings
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Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by neolithique02 : Tomb of Sennedjem. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by Swinside : Unidentified worker's tomb. The village of Deir El Medina housed the foremen and workmen who built the tombs of the Kings, Queens, Princes and Nobles which are located within the area of Thebes. The tombs of quarrymen were built around the perimeter of Deir el Medina village and were usually covered externally with a pyramid made of mud bricks. The tombs of those known as being of eminen... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by Swinside : Panoramic view of Deir El medina village from the Tombs of the Artisans (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by Swinside : The Dar El Medina village, on the perimeter of which are the tombs of quarrymen and manual labourers. The Tombs of the Artisans are in a separate enclosure which is up at the top of the hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by AlexHunger : Many of the foreman at Deir El Medina built small mudbrick pyramids on top of their tombs, though these were well underground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by AlexHunger : Toms of the workers that built the tombs in the valley of the kings and queens. In the New Kingdom, the pharaos prefered stealth for their tombs and kept tight security on the west bank of the nile. A separate caste of artisans lived there just to built the tombs and no one else was allowed there in order to avoid tomb robbers. Even the Pharao only visited the west bank twice, once to chose the lo...

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by neolithique02 : Tomb of Sennedjem.

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by neolithique02

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by neolithique02

Deir El Medina Tombs
Deir El Medina Tombs submitted by neolithique02

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