Next door to the colossi, a place where tourists did not stop, but I was at leisure to slow down and take in the scene, a huge excavation in progress.

Then I arrived at the end of the road and had to decide where I wanted to go. I decided on the Village of the Workers, the Deir El Medina

Form the T-section I walked left and then took the first right

First I saw these kids playing and an Egyptian came over and posed with them

This is the entrance to the Village of the Workers. Some tombs can be seen on the right.

So, here I was, deep in the territory where the Sun goc Re (Ra) once was worshipped, and the sky got dim. I was by myself under one of those wooden roofs that were there to give the wanderer some shade from the heat, when the sky dimmed. A cloud, I thought. Then, looking around me, where the suns rays were shining through small holes in the wooden roof, I noticed al of these half-moons. What!? An eclipse? And sure enough, so it was. I did a very quick peek outside to verify, and sure enough, a partial eclipse. What a delightful surprise for me.

The workers were the artisans who decorated the tombs of the Pharaohs and high-born. They did take care of themselves as well.