Social and economic concerns -- Rank, roles, and rights / Barbara S. Lesko -- Contact with the outside world / Andrea G. McDowell -- Foreigners living in the village / William A. Ward -- Spiritual and intellectual matters -- Aspects of domestic life and religion / Florence D. Friedman -- Magical practices among the villagers / Joris F. Borghouts -- Literature, literacy, and literati / Leonard H. Lesko
Summary
In one village in western Thebes, villagers worked for centuries on the Egyptian tombs and created timeless beauty. Lesko explores the known facts surrounding their everyday lives and their business partnership with the ruling class of ancient Egypt
