“Deir el-Medina, or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The settlement's ancient name was Set maat, and the workmen who lived there…”
National Geographic
One of the world’s great open-air museums, Luxor’s West Bank is also a living, breathing neighbourhood best explored by bicycle.
Village of artisans who decorated the royal tombs.
Atlas Obscura
On August 2, 2027, the Moon's shadow will cross southern Spain, North Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. Near Luxor, in the Nile Valley, totality will last six minutes and twenty-three seconds. That number is the whole story. Most total eclipses give you two or three minutes. The celebrated North American eclipse of 2024 managed four and a half at its very best. Six minutes and twenty-three sec…
village where workers who cut royal tombs lived