ancient Egyptian Craftsmen

. Craftsmen in Ancient Egypt were trained and skilled laborers. Well respected within the community, they led comfortable lifestyles, although their lifestyle and social standing would ultimately depend on their skills and experience. these craftsmen included leatherworkers, sandal makers, metalworkers, stonecutters, chariot makers, jewelers, metal workers, sculptors and painters.
Craftsmen usually worked together in workshops, and depending on the nature of their craft, would be based in either temple or palace workshops. Those catering towards the local community were based in smaller local workshops
Craftsmen involved with the decoration of a royal tomb and the production of funerary equipment and goods for the tomb would often live on site in purpose built villages for the workmen
These craftsmen were limited in their creativity by strict rules for thousands of years

Craftsmen worked with stone, clay, wood. bone, ivory, feathers, and metals such as gold, silver, Copper. bronze and finally iron.

craftsmen were sometimes buried in decorated tombs, consisting of a tiny underground chamber that contained the body of the Craftsman and that of his family.