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:
“When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least several gentlemen or “squires,” there is but one to a seigniory.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)