ABSTRACT
One unique subset of ancient Egyptian domestic architecture is the so-called workmen's village. This
is comprised of a group of small, contiguous-walled dwellings, usually bounded by a perimeter wall
and often designed on an orthogonal plan. The village at Kahun associated with the pyramid of
Sesostris II is generally regarded as the earliest of these villages, although they are all related in design
as well as function to the "pyramid cities" of the Old Kingdom?78
