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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 ten-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
Read the press release New online course about Nebamun See the gallery on the floorplan
The Painted Tomb-Chapel Of Nebamun By Richard Parkinson £14.99 Buy online
The Nebamun Wall Paintings: Conservation, Scientific Analysis and Display at the British Museum Edited by Andrew Middleton and Ken Uprichard More information
Interactive animation of the tomb-chapel
Nebamun hunting in the marshes, Nebamun's tomb-chapelMore information about this object
Nebamun hunting in the marshes, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun, around 1350 BC
Faience openwork collar, around 1345 BC More information about this object
Faience openwork collar, around 1345 BC
Conserving the wall paintings from the tomb of Nebamun More information about the project
Conserving the wall paintings from the tomb of Nebamun
A feast for Nebamun
The art of glass
Rosetta Stone umbrella, £16.99
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