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Shabiti: Ordinary People (pt 4/5)

Shabiti: Ordinary People (pt 4/5)
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  • Shabiti: Ordinary People (pt 4/5)
  • Duration: 4:29
  • Deir El-Medina was a village built for the tomb builders. Around 70 3,000 year old mud houses are preserved in the sand of the village. Jamie searches one of the houses but finds no evidence of shabti. This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    History

       Topic:

    Egyptians

  • Keywords: Deir El-Medina, ordinary people, Egyptian house, tomb model, workers, village, shabti, subtitled
Ideas for use in class
  • Draw a plan of a worker's house and include the areas that Jamie has described.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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