num_pages: 160
description: This fascinating study brings to life the people who lived and died at Deir el-Medina over three thousand years ago--the workers who built the tombs of the pharaohs in the nearby Valley of the Kings. Dr. Bierbrier draws on the thousands of documents letters literary texts and drawings found at the site to give an intimate glimpse of life in the village.
language: English
title: Tomb-Builders of the Pharaohs
publisher: American University in Cairo Press