The Village of the Craftsmen (John Romer presents Ancient Lives episode 1) (1984)
Subject
Egypt, Ancient
Egypt--Antiquities
Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city)
URL
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Description
Episode 6 of television series "Ancient Lives" exploring life in ancient Egypt.
Content description from the History Channel (by Denis Mootz)
(https://www.historychannel.com.au/teachers-guide/ancient-lives-part-1-village-of-the-craftsmen/):
John Romer, Egyptologist and archaeologist, shares insights into Egyptian society and the life and death of Egyptians in the New Kingdom. The focus of Romer’s narrative is the village of Deir El-Medina near on the west bank of the Nile near Thebes and the Valley of the Kings.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. TV schedules with notes; one includes the description: In this first of a four-part series exploring Dier El Medina in the Valley of the Kings, the craftsmen who made the royal tombs are introduced.
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Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape