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The Tomb of Nebamun Meredith Hooper

The Tomb of Nebamun By Meredith Hooper

The Tomb of Nebamun by Meredith Hooper


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Summary

Nebamun lived in Egypt nearly 3500 years ago, around the same time as Tutankhamun. He was an official who worked for the king, and he built a tomb-chapel filled with paintings of himself and his family. This book explores what the paintings mean and how the experts have discovered the mysteries of the tomb and its possible location.

The Tomb of Nebamun Summary

The Tomb of Nebamun: Explore an Ancient Egyptian Tomb by Meredith Hooper

Nebamun lived in Egypt nearly 3500 years ago, around the same time as Tutankhamun. He was an official who worked for the king, and he built a wonderful tomb-chapel filled with colourful paintings of himself and his family and his servants in various scenes: throwing a splendid banquet, counting their herds of geese and cattle, making offerings to the gods, enjoying their garden, and hunting in the marshes - with their cat! These paintings are among the most famous objects to survive from ancient Egypt, and are filled with marvellous and lively detail that children will love to explore. The location of Nebamun's tomb was lost after these paintings were removed in the nineteenth century, and Egyptian experts are still studying the clues to find it. The paintings have been extensively studied and conserved at the British Museum over the last few years, in readiness to be displayed in a new gallery in 2008. This book explores what the paintings mean and how the experts have painstakingly discovered the mysteries of the tomb and its possible location.

About Meredith Hooper

Meredith Hooper is a well-known and successful author of non-fiction books for children.

Table of Contents

Who was Nebamun?; Making Nebamun's tomb; The finished tomb; The meaning of the paintings; Egyptian ideas about painting; The 'City of the Dead'; Collecting the paintings; Another mystery; Index.

Additional information

GOR003736043
9780714131245
0714131245
The Tomb of Nebamun: Explore an Ancient Egyptian Tomb by Meredith Hooper
Used - Very Good
Hardback
British Museum Press
2008-03-03
32
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