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With Dr. Chris Naunton.The discovery came in late 2022. As the team were probing sites near other, previously discovered tombs, an excavator named Ashraf Omar located the entrance to the…
Paser, the Tjaty. One day, around 1295 BCE (give or take), the nobles of Waset (modern Luxor) gathered for a ceremony. It was a celebration in honour of a man.…
The womb of Hathor.Around 1295 BCE (regnal year 10 of Sety I), royal artisans were hard at work in the hills west of Waset. The vast necropolis (known as Set-Ma’at,…
Book of the Sky Cow.In the waning years of the 18th Dynasty (the reign of Tut’ankhamun) royal artisans began decorating tombs and funerary equipment with a new text. Sometimes known…
Interview. Hathor is one of the greatest, most enduring, and most celebrated of ancient Egyptian deities. A patron of motherhood, physical pleasures, music, and joy, the great “lady of the…
Livestream recording. The tombs of Deir el-Medina are some of the most vibrant and beautiful in Waset (Thebes). How did they build them, which artists decorated them, and how did…
Sety’s final campaign. In winter of year 8 (approx. December 1296 BCE), the King of Egypt Sety I received news: rebellion in the south. In a land called Irem, now…
Livestream recording. The village of the tomb-builders first arose in the 18th Dynasty (c.1550—1310 BCE), but the historical records really multiply in the 19th and 20th Dynasties (c.1310—1070 BCE). In…
Deir el-Medina’s Golden Age (Part 1). In the age of Sety I, the village of the tomb-builders expanded significantly. Likewise, our evidence for daily life, families, households, and business begins…