OI Ancient Literature Workshops, Session 3: Ancient Egyptian Love Songs

[@sherylcrowe3255]

Another excellent workshop! Really appreciate all the hard work that goes into these.. Thank you very much 😊

[@TheGreatPyramid]

Thanks for the informative presentation. Is the workers village in Luxor where many of these were found open to the public? Where is it located specifically?

[@ISAC_UChicago]

Dier el-Medina is opened to the public. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, Egypt and has several stunning tombs that you can visit.

[@lukefromdenver7609]

These videos make me feel like a rich person. I'm going to go buy some cheese that I can't pronounce and hope it's supposed to be wqrmed up in the microwave.

[@thecomrade302]

Any resources to view these fragments in translation? Maybe this is available in a specific book?

[@catsmeeoowww]

Very informative.

[@Johnny_Tambourine]

As villebooks pointed out below, is there any evidence that these were songs and not poems or verse? Are they structured in a singsong style or lyrical in form? Or possibly belonging to a class or profession that would use/perform music?

[@jeshuamalroy2184]

I’ve heard that the Song of Songs in the Hebrew Bible shares literary similarities with these texts. Could you give some specific examples of parallels?

[@sabrinasjourney]

Please play the song!!!!!

[@zblackrider]

I like the theory but many holes.

[@villebooks]

Actually these are lyrics, no songs, the music writing is missing to call it songs.