Egypt: Tombs of Luxor - Smit & Palarczyk
'Clapping girls in Kheruef's tomb at Luxor.' This relief detail in the tomb of Kheruef shows clapping musicians who perform on the occasion of the First Jubilee (heb sed) festival of Amenhotep III (in year 30 of his reign). Kheruef was steward of Queen Tiy, the wife of Amenhotep III, and played an important role during festivals. His (unfinished) tomb (TT 192) can be found in the Asasif Necropolis on the Westbank at Luxor. It is one of the socalled "Tombs of the Nobles
9uardians of the 9th 9ate
A Moor from Aswan, Egypt, 1910. Few today talk about the remnants of original people of Egypt, who lived there for thousands of years. Yes, they are still there, although the invading Arabs and their descendants who currently populate the country have tried to take that identity for themself, the seeds of the Pharaohs are still alive. Interestingly, an Arab lady (writer) was threatened and harassed for trying to shed light on the original people of Egypt.
Kensea Media Descrip
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt - Models from Mehenkwetre Tomb. Typical of the fishing craft used by the old Egyptians. These canoes, survivals of the earliest type of vessel used upon the Nile, were made by binding together bundles of reeds coated with pitch. The seine-net between the two canoes holds a goodly haul of little painted fishes.
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