Back in the village. In regnal year 7, Horemheb's officials turn up in western Thebes (Waset). They began reorganising the village of the tomb-builders, Set-Ma'at "The Place of Truth." Doing so, the King's government created a lasting legacy in the town we call Deir el-Medina. Episode details: Date: c.1325 BCE. Intro music: Keith Zizza. Outro music: Ancient Lyric. Music interludes: Luke Chaos. Images and full bibliography at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Logo image: Horemheb in his tomb, decorated by the workers of Deir el-Medina (Image: Hornung 1971). Select Bibliography: J. Černý, A Community of Workmen at Thebes in the Ramesside period (Cairo, 1973). B. G. Davies, Who’s Who at Deir el-Medina: A Prosopographic Study of the Royal Workmen’s Community (Leiden, 1999). B. G. Davies, Life Within the Five Walls: A Handbook to Deir el-Medina (Wallasey, 2018). Y. M. El Shazly, ‘Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina During the New Kingdom’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2008). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.