Deir el-Medina or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BCE)The settlement's ancient name was Set maat ("Place of Truth"), and the workmen who lived there were called "Servants in the Place of Truth".During the Christian era, the temple of Hathor was converted into a church from which the Egyptian Arabic name Deir el-Medina ("Monastery of the City") is derived.