Talk:Deir el-Medina

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Name Incorrectly Spelt[edit]

Deir el-Madinah Incorrect

Deir el-Medina Correct

This potentially proves the article difficult to find and perhaps misleading to someone researching this particular module in Ancient History.

I think it shows the problems of tranliterating Arabic into English. Markh 18:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P4R4D0x 02:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)P4R4D0x[reply]

Since google book confirms Markh comments (massively) and nobody has objected I have asked an administrator to move the page to the new title -- it involves deleting an existing page redirect that already has the new name. Taam (talk) 11:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discovery?[edit]

Who is credited with discovering Deir al-Madinah?

Historical text[edit]

I moved the historical text back and made the village life a subsection of that. The reason is that all the subsections are based on historical texts as they were written thousands of years ago. The village section is based partly on arcaelogy evidence so I put this first again. Also I noted that there has been a comment added saying they weren't slaves. This is often repeated and may be tecnicly true but it may also be a matter of semantics. They may have been virtual slaves controlled by cult activity and an unfair justice system. There is something to support this in Romer's book I may check it at a later date and add a little more to clarify this. Good day Zacherystaylor (talk) 16:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Americans and British wives[edit]

I removed the sentence "more advanced than some of the British and American wives studying them." because I don't find it pertinent or even clear. --Dia^ (talk) 23:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it part of the Theban necropolis?[edit]

Is Deir el-Medina part of the Theban necropolis? If so, why not add this information to the article? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 06:38, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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