{"id":3185,"date":"2024-02-01T21:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=3185"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:46:15","slug":"deir-el-medina-an-artists-community-in-ancient-egypt-with-suzanne-bojtos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=3185","title":{"rendered":"Deir el Medina \u2013 an Artists\u2019 Community in Ancient Egypt with Suzanne Bojtos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Deir el Medina \u2013 an Artists\u2019 Community in Ancient Egypt\" class=\"wp-image-2920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/May-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This meeting took place on Sunday 12 May, where we explored the fascinating world of Deir el Medina with Suzanne Bojtos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Review2405.pdf\">Read the meeting review >><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Deir el Medina was a village in western Thebes that housed a community of workmen who built and decorated the royal tombs in the Valley of Kings.&nbsp;This is our most important source of evidence for towns and villages in Egypt.&nbsp;In the lecture Suzanne discussed the layout of the village, some of the people who lived there and their written communications that give us a picture of everyday life.&nbsp;The villagers also built tombs for themselves and archaeologists found many interesting objects used in everyday life.&nbsp; Suzanne also touched upon the religious beliefs of this community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This meeting took place on Sunday 12 May, where we explored the fascinating world of Deir el Medina with Suzanne Bojtos. Read the meeting review >> Deir el Medina was a village in western Thebes that housed a community of workmen who built and decorated the royal tombs in the Valley of Kings.&nbsp;This is our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3185"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3840,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3185\/revisions\/3840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}