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1. Using the information on
this site,
http://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk/Deir%20el%20Medina/pages/deir_el_medina_hathor.htm
write out and complete the following sentences:
a) Dier el Medina is located....
b) The records left by the tomb workers and their families span
(last for)...
c) Write out the dates for the New
Kingdom Period in Ancient Egypt, and list the Pharaohs that
reigned during this period.
d) The community of workmen constructed...
e) On the north side of the village, the pharaoh Amenhotep III
built...
f) A later pharaoh, Sety I built for the villagers of Dier el
Medina a.....
g) On another temple to the north of the village is a temple
dedicated to the God Hathor, and it is fronted by a staircase
built by...
h) In one of the sanctuaries of the
temple, there can be seen a bass-relief scene of the
Osiride ....
2. a) Skim read through this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Medina
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b) Read more closely the sections - 'Village life' and 'Women
and village life', and then under the heading:
Comparrison Charts - Men and Women in Deir el-Medina, draw up a brief point-form chart
that lists in one column the
Rights for Men and in the
column next to it the
Rights for Women. Then draw another brief chart that lists in one column the
Work Responsibilities for
Men and in the column next to it the
Work Responsibilities for Women.
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c)
Write out the following in point-form notes in your folder:
"Hathor was clearly popular
with the villages of Deir el Medina. Many of the women had the
title "Songstress of Hathor" and there were a number of chapels
dedicated to her in the village. Sety I built a temple to her,
as did his son Ramses II."
(http://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk/Deir%20el%20Medina/pages/deir_el_medina_hathor.htm)
3. Google image search and
paste in your folder a photo of:
a) a stone image of pharaoh
Amenhotep III
b) the mummy of the pharaoh Sety 1 (Seti 1)
c) the Temple of Ramses II
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Now go to this page: The
Workers' Tombs |