Art and life in ancient Egypt: the Nebamun wall paintings
An online course with the Open University
The British Museum and the Open University present a course for
art lovers, historians and anyone with an interest in ancient
Egypt. This course will highlight the Museum’s gallery of
ancient Egyptian life and death, housing the famous ancient
Egyptian wall paintings.
Using a wide range of online resources, including close-ups of
the paintings in detail and filmed interviews about the paintings,
the course explores daily life in ancient Egypt, alongside art
appreciation and other issues of reception.
An OU Certificate of Successful Completion is presented on
finishing the course and learners can build on it to gain credit
points within an OU qualification. The course takes around 30 to 40
hours to complete.
Image: Nebamun hunting in the marshes,
fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun.Thebes, Egypt.
Late 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC