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Jan 2025
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200: How to Make Your Own Tomb

DOMINIC PERRY
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Livestream recording. The tombs of Deir el-Medina are some of the most vibrant and beautiful in Waset (Thebes). How did they build them, which artists decorated them, and how did folk like Sennedjem pay for the construction and furnishing?

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