Note: Located on W bank of the Nile river near Thebes; noted as settlement of craftsmen who worked on the nearby royal tombs, especially those in Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties of the New Kingdom period (ca. 1550–1080 BCE); important for evidence of life among common people of ancient Egypt. Occupied through Christian period, when the temple of Hathor was converted to a church.
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