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=Egyptian Society during the Ramesside period, Dynasties XIX and XX =

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//3.5 **Workers’ strike, Tomb robberies and Corruption** //
= =  The body of Seti I (also father of Ramesses II) was found in 1817 in tomb KV17. This tomb is the largest of all the New Kingdom Tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The body now rests in the Cairo Museum in Egypt.

 Body of Seti I under an x-ray. The only golden amulet left attached to him can clearly be spotted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _



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The Abbott Papyrus is now located in the British Museum, London, England. It originally came from Thebes in Egypt from Year 16 of the reign of Ramesses IX, in the 20th Dynasty. It particularly writes about tomb robberies of the west bank of the Nile.

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//“it was found that **the thieves had broken into them all**, that they had pulled out their occupants from their coverings and coffins, they (the occupants) being thrown upon the ground; and that **they had stolen their articles of house-furniture**, which had been given them, **together with the gold, the silver**, and the ornaments which were in their coverings.”//======  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

<span style="color: rgb(76, 141, 220); text-align: left; display: block;">The Gold Earring of Tawosret, dating back to the 19th Dynasty was found in Tomb number 56, in the Valley of the Kings in Thebes, Egypt. It is now in the British Museum in England. <span style="color: rgb(76, 141, 220);"> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

A papyrus written by Scribe Amannakhte during the worker's strike in Year 29 of Ramesses III's reign. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">**Year 29, second month of winter, day 10 [|1] ** //On this day the crew passed the five guard-posts [|2] of the tomb saying: "**We are hungry, for 18 days have already elapsed in this month** [|3] ;" and they sat down at the rear of the temple of Menkheperre [|4] .// //The scribe of the enclosed tomb, the two foremen, the two deputies and the two proctors [|5] came and shouted to them: "Come inside."// //They swore great oaths (saying): "Please come back, we have matters of Pharaoh."// //**They spent the night in the Tomb**.//

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<span style="color: rgb(76, 141, 220); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(76, 141, 220);"> The Great Harris Papyrus, now in the British Museum, England was originally found in Thebes in about 1200 BC.

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 * BIBLIOGRAPHY**


 * Books:**
 * William F. Edgerton, The Strikes in Ramses III's Twenty-Ninth Year, JNES 10, No. 3 (July 1951), pp. 137-145
 * Barbara Adams, 1984, //Egyptian Mummies//, Shire Publications, UK.
 * James Baikie, //Egyptian Papyri and Papyrus-Hunting//.
 * Lila Perl, 1990, //Mummies, tombs and treasure Secrets of Ancient// //Egypt//, Clarion Books.
 * Lorna Oakes, 2003, //Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt//, Anness Publishing Limited, London.
 * Web sites:**
 * James M. Deem, 2009, //Mummy Tombs//, 1/3/09, []
 * Steven, 2007, //Records of the strike in// //Egypt// //under Ramses III, c1155BC//, 3/3/09, []
 * Trustees of the British Museum, //The Abbott Papyrus//, 3/3/09, []
 * //Ramesses III//, 8/3/09, []
 * Trustees of the British Museum, //The Great Harris Papyrus//, 8/3/09, []