Nebamun Hunting in the Marshes, tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt (c.1350 BCE)“Nebamun is
Nebamun Hunting in the Marshes, tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt (c.1350 BCE)“Nebamun is shown hunting birds, in a small boat with his wife Hatshepsut and their young daughter, in the marshes of the Nile. Such scenes had already been traditional parts of tomb-chapel decoration for hundreds of years and show the dead tomb-owner ‘enjoying himself and seeing beauty’, as the hieroglyphic caption here says.” (Source) -- source link
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