Step inside Deir el-Medina, the home of the artisans who built and decorated some of ancient Egypt’s most famous royal tombs with special guest Meg Gundlach and host Charlotte Jordan. Discover how painters, sculptors, and craftsmen worked together in a thriving creative community, and why the identities of individual artists remain a mystery. Hear how collaboration—not just individual talent—shaped some of history’s most iconic artefacts.

Want to hear more about funerary texts in ancient Egypt and how people prepared for the afterlife? Tune in to our full episode with Meg Gundlach entitled: Can we trace the hands behind Egyptian artefacts—or just the systems that produced them?

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