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This 5 page paper looks at the village of Deir el-Madina in the New Kingdom of Egypt, assessing the religious views of the villagers based on the artefacts recovered from the village. Particular attention is paid to the gods Bes and Taweret. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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reflect the belief systems of ancient Egypt at the time the construction took place. However, it is only one aspect of the belief systems and religions that were present within
the New Kingdom. In order to appreciate the way that religion was, or was not, present in the everyday lives of the non-ruling classes it is necessary to look beyond
these major monuments to the evidence of artefacts that demonstrate the approach to religion within the rest of the population. Several questions can be considered when looking at this, what
was of use of religion and the afterlife, and how would they manifest within the non-ruling classes who did not have the same level of affluence to build elaborate tombs.
An unusual village, or one worthy of study is that of the new Kingdom village of Deir el-Madina. This is one of the best documented communities found in Pharaonic Egypt
(Lesko, 1994). This is an unusual settlement as it was not an agricultural settlement which evolved naturally, but an artificial village created to house Artisans who were involved in work
for the Pharaoh. The inhabitants of the village were skilled workmen including painters and stonemasons, along with their families (Lesko, 1994). It appears that the village had a relatively
high level of it received compared to the rest of Egypt, possibly in excess of 50% compared to between one and 2% in the rest of Egypt (Hammond, 1997). While
this does make the area unusual due to the high level of learning, it also provides an increased level of potential sources for research is in assessing whether or not
this population was religious, and the way in which their belief system operated due to the higher level of written artefacts in the forms of written texts and personal correspondence.
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