Deir el-Medina Timeline

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c. 1541 BCE - 1520 BCE

Set-Ma'at (later known as Deir el-Medina) founded during the reign of Amenhotep I of Egypt.
1520 BCE - 1492 BCE

Earliest extant ruins at Deir el-Medina date from the reign of Thutmose I.
c. 1156 BCE

First labor strike in history occurs in Egypt at Deir el-Medina.
c. 1100 BCE

Tomb robbing by the workers at Deir el-Medina becomes increasingly common.
c. 1069 BCE

Deir el-Medina is abandoned and villagers relocate to Thebes.
c. 320 CE - c. 400 CE

Christian monks inhabit the empty village of Deir el-Medina and turn the Temple of Hathor into their cloister.

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