Monday, April 20, 2009

Daily Photo by Bob Partridge (Ancient Egypt Magazine)




Tomb workers' village at Deir el-Medina
West Bank, Luxor

For a description of the site see Su Bayfield's Egyptian Monuments site
For lots of photos and more description see the Images of Deir El Medina site
For ostraca from the site see the Deir el-Medina database
See the Waseda website for panoramic video of the site (QuickTime)

With many thanks to Bob Partridge, Editor of Ancient Egypt Magazine.
Copyright Bob Partridge


2 comments:

Ingeborg W. said...

Dear Andie & readers,

In view of the topic and websites listed I'd like to draw attention to the wonderful Deir el Medina website of my friend Lenka Peacock at http://st-maat.org

It's a most excellent overview with great photograpy which I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Andie said...

Thank you Ingeborg, that's great.

I'm always delighted to find new websites so that people can go and find out more about the subject matter of the daily photo.