Tomb of Nebamun

Muscians and dancers, detail of a mural from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE.png
Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE.png

Musicians and dancers, detail of a mural from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 1’ x 2’ 3”. British Museum, London.

Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 2’ 8” high. British Museum, London.

The Tomb of Nebamun portrays musicians and dancers. This representation of entertainment at a funeral banquet is strange however the artist experimented with frontal views of faces and bodies, this is relaxed art as the Old Kingdom had very strict rules of representation.

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Sculptors at work, detail of the south wall of the main hall of the funerary chapel off Rekhmire, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1425 BCE_.png
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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen, from his tomb in Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCEv2.png