Finland archaeologists research ancient workers village in Egypt
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Finnish archaeologists are conducting field study on a hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The village was originally discovered by Bernard Bruyère in 1935.
“In the early twentieth century, archaeologists were only interested in the tombs of kings. Now several international research groups on different excavations are delving into everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings. This seems to be a trend in archaeology right now,” says Jaana Toivari-Viitala, who heads the first-ever research project managed by Finns in Egypt.
The hut village offers rare insight into everyday life in ancient Egypt. Her research group wants to find out why the hut village was built on the slope of a mountain, halfway between the construction site and Deir-el-Medina. They are also interested in how many workers lived in the village at a time, when they lived there, and what their role was in the construction work.
The research group working on the “Workmen’s huts in the Theban mountains” project have just finished its first field season and is planning to return to the Valley of the Kings in October.
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