Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name for the worker's village (now an archaeological site) which was home to the artisans and craftsmen of Thebes who built and decorated the royal tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.
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c. 1541 BCE - 1520 BCESet-Ma'at (later known as Deir el-Medina) founded during the reign of Amenhotep I of Egypt.
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1520 BCE - 1492 BCEEarliest extant ruins at Deir el-Medina date from the reign of Thutmose I.
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c. 1156 BCEFirst labor strike in history occurs in Egypt at Deir el-Medina.
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c. 1100 BCETomb robbing by the workers at Deir el-Medina becomes increasingly common.
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c. 1069 BCEDeir el-Medina is abandoned and villagers relocate to Thebes.
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c. 320 CE - c. 400 CEChristian monks inhabit the empty village of Deir el-Medina and turn the Temple of Hathor into their cloister.
