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Many of us consider national health services as relatively new innovations of the 20th century, but they appear to have much older origins.
Ancient texts uncovered among the human remains of an Egyptian village suggest workers from the New Kingdom had their own version of a state-supported health care.
This scheme, which involved paid sick leave and on-site doctors, made sure workers making the king’s tomb 3,600 years ago were productive and well looked after.
The dig of the ancient Egyptian worker’s village at Deir el-Medina is being led by Stanford archaeologist Anne Austin.
The village was built for workmen who made the royal tombs during the New Kingdom (1550 to 1070 BC).
During this period, kings were buried in the Valley of the Kings in a series of rock-cut tombs.
The village was purposely built close enough to the royal tomb to make sure the workers could hike there on a weekly basis.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...reatment-paid-sick-leave-3-600-years-ago.html
Ancient texts uncovered among the human remains of an Egyptian village suggest workers from the New Kingdom had their own version of a state-supported health care.
This scheme, which involved paid sick leave and on-site doctors, made sure workers making the king’s tomb 3,600 years ago were productive and well looked after.
The dig of the ancient Egyptian worker’s village at Deir el-Medina is being led by Stanford archaeologist Anne Austin.
The village was built for workmen who made the royal tombs during the New Kingdom (1550 to 1070 BC).
During this period, kings were buried in the Valley of the Kings in a series of rock-cut tombs.
The village was purposely built close enough to the royal tomb to make sure the workers could hike there on a weekly basis.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...reatment-paid-sick-leave-3-600-years-ago.html