Set-Ma'at
is really Deir el-Medina, Luxor, Egypt
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
In The Curse of the Pharaohs, this village of tomb builders lies near the Valley of the Kings, with its own necropolis in the hills above.
The real place
Set Maat ('Place of Truth') is the ancient name of Deir el-Medina, the village of the artisans who decorated the royal tombs. It was abandoned around 1100 BCE, so a living village in 38 BCE is game licence. House walls, a Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and finely painted workers' tombs survive.
Visiting
It needs a separate ticket and is much quieter than the Valley of the Kings. The small painted tombs are some of the best preserved on the west bank.
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