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Deir el Medina was founded in the early 18th dynasty as thrived as a worker’s village in the Valley of the Kings. Its expressed purpose was to serve as a locale for workers to build tombs. However, below the surface, Deir el Medina was much more complex than that. Socially, stratification of class and gender split the workers as clearly as the jobs they held. First, we must examine the workers roles in the village, for even this has social overtones. On the whole, Deir el Medina citizens seemed to have lived better and were more literate than the typical Egyptian. However, it was far from egalitarian. In the hierarchy, down from the King to the Vizier, highest was the foreman (at Deir el Medina).
Approximate Word count = 464 Approximate Pages = 1.9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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