This is upload two (of three) of episode 3 of the 8 episode series "Ancient Lives" by John Romer.
3. An Artist's Life Details of Paneb's life are revealed: how he carried out his duties as foreman of a crew of superb stone carvers and how he eventually came to grief. His story leads us to the world's oldest map. Romer also discusses the Egyptian interest in the relationship between
day and night, life and death, flood and drought. ----- from the official description of episode three In "Ancient Lives" John Romer traces the history of what is now called Dier-el-Medina, the village of the craftsmen and builders of the Royal tombs of the Pharaohs. The scribes of the village
kept extensive records of the work, legal disputes, events, even poetry--enabling historians to understand their lives 3,000 years ago in the sort of intimate detail Romer is so good at explaining with such fun, interest and lyrical affection.

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