Social Convulsions in Ancient Egypt: the workers of Theban necropolis in the end of the new kingdom
The Workers of Theban Necropolis in the end of the New Kingdom
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v10i2p1-23Keywords:
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, Deir el-Medina, ThebasAbstract
The period of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt was finished in a context of social convulsions, which mined the pharaonic authority, contributing to the division between Upper and Lower Egypt. At the same time that was watched the increasing of the weight of the temples in the economy, especially the Domain of Amun, can be verified the weakening of the pharaonic power. In this framework, with an economic crisis installed, the workers of the Theban Necropolis started to rebel and, as a form of claim, they stopped working, in that what became registered as the first strike in the History, succeeded by many others. After they had faced thieves of tombs, attacks from Libyan gangs and a civil war, these workers left the Deir el-Medina village and they became integrated to the pillage industry of the royal tombs, which was installed in Thebes by the end of the 20th Dynasty. It represented a new factor of dynamism to that economy.
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