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Deir- el-Medina and Memnon Colossus

Near of Luxor, they are the two firsts places visited in Luxor.

Deir el-Medina, like Kahun and the town being uncovered at Giza, is a community of workmen and
their families, supervisors and foremen and their families, all dedicated to building the great`
tombs of the Egyptian Kings. The image of hundreds, perhaps thousands of toiling
slaves, whipped by overseers, seems seared into the modern consciousness, and "everyone" is
convinced that the despots who ruled Egypt with iron greedy fists must have built their wealth and
glory on the bleeding backs of this tortured labor.ref: Deir el-Medina, like Kahun and the
town being uncovered at Giza, is a community of workmen and their families, supervisors
and foremen and their families, all dedicated to building the great tombs of the Egyptian Kings.
The image of hundreds, perhaps thousands of toiling slaves, whipped by overseers,
seems seared into the modern consciousness, and "everyone" is convinced that the despots
who ruled Egypt with iron greedy fists must have built their wealth and glory on the
bleeding backs of this tortured labor.

Memnon Colossus are very well kowed.
That gives you an idea of the size !
That gives you an idea of the size !
La légende dit que
La légende dit que
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Left foot .. details every where !
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On the road, going to Deir El-Medina ... people live in the colored houses!
g6/63/728763/3/84768405.xy4FPWqW.jpg Policeman is a smooth job sometimes !
Policeman is a smooth job sometimes !
g6/63/728763/3/84768408.UbBjhhIr.jpg Something nobody can explain me ...  Tunels, but for what ! Our guide can not explain !
Something nobody can explain me ... Tunels, but for what ! Our guide can not explain !
Here is Deir El-Medina ! A city for workers of King's Tombs !
Here is Deir El-Medina ! A city for workers of King's Tombs !
g6/63/728763/3/84768411.Fmm4VIEj.jpg g6/63/728763/3/84768412.UKRxp9cf.jpg Holes in the rock are tombs for workers.
Holes in the rock are tombs for workers.
Original! Almost 3000 years old !
Original! Almost 3000 years old !
g6/63/728763/3/84768415.1iM6a9ey.jpg g6/63/728763/3/84768416.x8GME1Aq.jpg BAsements for houses .. to sleep ( it is hot there!) to keep meal or something else .. You want to visit ? Come on  follow me !
BAsements for houses .. to sleep ( it is hot there!) to keep meal or something else .. You want to visit ? Come on follow me !
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Another basement ... You want to visit ? Come on follow me !
g6/63/728763/3/84768422.AyJPOwLg.jpg g6/63/728763/3/84768423.v6ywgoKU.jpg There is nothing than a .. hole !  But 300 years ago, it was a room ...
There is nothing than a .. hole ! But 300 years ago, it was a room ...
The Temple for workers....
The Temple for workers....
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