Workmen's village are a collective term applied to settlements of workers, foremen’s, scribes, architects, etc. usually located in the area of a major ancient site in Egypt, and mostly connected to the construction and decoration of tombs.
- Workmen's village (Amarna) — Settlement of workers for the Royal Tombs at Amarna
- Workmen's village (Thebes) — Settlement of workers for the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and Tombs of the Nobles
- Workmen's village (el-Lahun) — Settlement for workers for the pyramid complex of Senusret II.
Famous quotes containing the words workmen and/or village:
“A glimpse through an interstice caught,
Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a barroom around the stove late of a winter night, and I unremarked seated in a corner,
Of a youth who loves me and whom I love, silently approaching and seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand,
A long while amid the noises of coming and going, of drinking and
oath and smutty jest,
There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little,
perhaps not a word.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“This is the village where the funeral
Stilted its dusty march over deep ruts
Up the hillside covered with queen’s lace
To the patch of weeds known finally to all.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)