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Egyptian life and death:
the tomb-chapel of Nebamun (Room 61)
The Michael Cohen Gallery
1400 – 1300 BC
The British Museum acquired 11 wall-paintings from the tomb-chapel of a wealthy Egyptian official called Nebamun in the 1820s. Dating from about 1350 BC, they are some of the most famous works of art from Ancient Egypt.
Following a 10-year period of conservation and research, the paintings are now on display together for the first time. They give the impression of the walls of colour that would have been experienced by the ancient visitors to the tomb-chapel.
Objects dating from the same time period and a 3D animation of the tomb-chapel will help to set the tomb-chapel in context and allow visitors to experience how the finished tomb would have looked.
Ancient Egyptian
life
Ancient Egyptian death
Conserving the wall-paintings
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New online course about
Nebamun
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Books related to the gallery
The
Painted Tomb-Chapel Of Nebamun
By Richard Parkinson
£14.99
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The Nebamun Wall Paintings:
Conservation, Scientific Analysis and Display at the British
Museum
Edited by Andrew Middleton and Ken Uprichard
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Interactive animation of the tomb-chapel
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Nebamun hunting in the marshes, Nebamun's tomb-chapel
More information about this objectNebamun hunting in the marshes, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun, around 1350 BC
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Faience openwork collar, around 1345 BC
More information about this objectFaience openwork collar, around 1345 BC
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Conserving the wall paintings from the tomb of Nebamun
More information about the projectConserving the wall paintings from the tomb of Nebamun
