Cities of the Ancient World Lectures Episode 6 Kahun—Company Town in the Desert 2014
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Enter the world of ancient Egypt during the peaceful era of the Middle Kingdom. Here in the desert, paid laborers built tombs and temples for the pharaohs. To house the laborers, the Egyptians built Kahun, a planned city whose walls and layout reinforced the system of social class and served as a means of control over the population.
- Released: 2014-08-29
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Talk, Documentary
- Stars: Steven L. Tuck
- Director:
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1. The Lure of the City 2014-08-29
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3. Jericho and Its Walls 2014-08-29
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4. Uruk—City of Gilgamesh 2014-08-29
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5. Mysterious Mohenjo-daro 2014-08-29
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6. Kahun—Company Town in the Desert 2014-08-29
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7. Work and Life at Deir el-Medina 2014-08-29
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8. Amarna—Revolutionary Capital 2014-08-29
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9. Knossos—Palace, City, or Temple? 2014-08-29
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10. Akrotiri—Bronze Age Pompeii 2014-08-29
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13. Athenian Domestic Architecture 2014-08-29
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16. Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria 2014-08-29
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17. Pergamon—The New Theatricality 2014-08-29
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18. The Good Life in Rome 2014-08-29
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19. The Lives of the Poor in Rome 2014-08-29
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20. Ostia—Middle-Class Harbor Town 2014-08-29
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21. Timgad—More Roman Than Rome 2014-08-29
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22. Karanis—On the Fringes of the Empire 2014-08-29
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23. Constantinople—The Last Ancient City 2014-08-29
