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)
“In the Corner Store, near the village center, hangs a large sign reading: ‘After 40 years of credit business, we have closed our book of Sorrow.’”
—For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)