article_snippet: Ancient texts uncovered in Egyptian village Deir el-Medina (Ptolemaic temple pictured) suggest New Kingdom workers had state-supported health care .
article_snippet: Ancient texts recently uncovered among the human remains of an Egyptian village suggest workers from New Kingdom New Kingdom also had workers from the New Kingdom own version of a state-supported health care.
article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: According to ancient texts found on the site, as well as other historical accounts, the Egyptian state paid workers monthly wages in the form of grain and provided workers with housing and servants to help with laundry, grinding grain and porting water.
article_snippet: Ancient texts found among human remains (pictured with lead archaeologist Anne Austin) include daily records detailing when and why workers were sick and reveal workers were also paid a certain amount of sick leave.
article_snippet: Other papyri describe on-site physicians who would treat the workers as part of the workers employment .