Deir el-Madinah

ian village which was home to the artisans who built the temples and tombs ordered by the Pharaohs and other dignitaries in the Valley of the Kings during the New Kingdom period (18th to 20th dynasties) The settlement's ancient name, ''Set Maat her imenty Waset,'' meaning "The place of Ma'at (or, by extension, "place of truth") to the west of Thebes (...)