{"id":2520,"date":"2019-11-06T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2520"},"modified":"2020-06-19T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:03:38","slug":"the-lives-and-loves-of-the-ancient-egyptians-the-artisans-of-deir-el-medina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2520","title":{"rendered":"The Lives and Loves of the Ancient Egyptians: The Artisans of Deir el-Medina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We are currently reviewing this course and its format in view of safe distancing recommendations\u00a0 due to COVID.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>Dr Joanne Backhouse<\/p>\n<p>The village of Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of Thebes, modern day Luxor, housed the artisans who created the royal tombs at the Valley of the Kings and their families. They have left behind a remarkable archive of their lives and loves. The site provides one of the best archaeological records from the ancient world, including remains of houses, objects of daily life, administrative documents, personal letters, religious dedications, in addition to tombs and funerary goods. We will use this evidence to piece together the lives and loves of the artisans and their wives, numerous of whom are known to us by name. We will see many elements of life remain constant, with workers getting drunk, skipping work and engaging in illicit affairs, which generated much gossip and moral disapproval!<\/p>\n<p>Recommended reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Davies, B. G. (1999) <em>Who\u2019s Who at Deir el-Medina: A Prosopographic Study of the Royal Workmen\u2019s Community. <\/em>Leiden: Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabife Oosten<\/li>\n<li>McDowell, A. (1999) <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Village-Life-Ancient-Egypt-Laundry\/dp\/0199247536\">Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs<\/a>. <\/em>Oxford: Oxford University Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New date<\/strong>: Saturday 21 November 2020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Time<\/strong>: 10.30am \u2013 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br \/>\nCross Street Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester\u00a0 M2 1NL<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a340<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please send your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a> with accompanying payment to the address below. If you prefer to pay through BACS, please contact the lecturer for further particulars.<br \/>\n<strong>Contact details:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dr Joanne Backhouse, 42 Urmson Road, Wallasey, Merseyside\u00a0 CH45 7LG<br \/>\n<strong>email:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:joback42@liverpool.ac.uk\" data-slimstat=\"5\">joback42@liverpool.ac.uk<\/a> \u00a0 <strong>phone:<\/strong> 07724 947963<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently reviewing this course and its format in view of safe distancing recommendations\u00a0 due to COVID. Dr Joanne Backhouse The village of Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of Thebes, modern day Luxor, housed the artisans who created the royal tombs at the Valley of the Kings and their families. They have left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2521,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2520","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2520"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3163,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2520\/revisions\/3163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}