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6th day
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the tombs of the Nobles
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¤ Ticket
for Ramose n° 55,
Userhat n° 56
and Khaemat n°
57. The
tomb of Ramose*** (a Governor of
Thebes during Amenhotep III's reign then a Vizier during
Amenhotep IV-Akhenaton's) has exceptionally well done
reliefs: on both entrance walls, look at the face, wig,
necklaces of every guest at Ramose's funeral banquet
rendered in skilled details).
In
Khaemat's** tomb,
besides usual scenes showing the deceased presenting
offerings, one can see a typical pilgrimage to
Abydos
and a number of agricultural scenes (harvesters,
children picking up the fields, . ).
In
the tomb of Userhat**,
a royal Scribe during Amenhotep II's reign, the funeral
banquet is represented as well as counting scenes in
relation with the deceased's professional
activity.
¤ Ticket
for
Sennefer n° 96 and Rekhmire n°
100.
The
tomb of Sennefer*** (a Mayor of
Thebes during the reign of Amenhotep II) is located at
the very top of El-Qurna village. Due to the decoration
of the ceiling with grapes, it has often been designated
as "the tomb of the Vineyards". The walls present the
deceased and his wife, the funeral procession as well as
the pilgrimage to Abydos
with scenes of the journey on the
Nile
river.
The
tomb of Rekhmire*** (a Governor
and a Vizier during the reigns of Tuthmosis III and
Amenhotep II) is one of the best preserved and most
interesting as regards the information it provides on
daily life in those times. The shape of the tomb is
unusual: it is entered through a transverse vestibule
followed by a long perpendicular burial chamber, the
ceiling of which rises from 3 metres at the entrance to
9 metres at its rear. The walls present nearly 300
square metres of paintings with ritual scenes as well as
a number of various craftsmen: cookers, potters,
goldsmiths, carpenters, masons, sculptors, decorators.
In the vestibule, a very interesting scene shows a
procession of foreign tribes bringing their tributes
to Egypt,
overseen by Pharaoh's representative,
Rekhmire.
¤ Ticket
for Nakht n° 52
and Menna n°
69
The
tomb of Nakht***
(a
Scribe
and "Astronomer of Amun" under Tuthmosis IV) has
decorations only on the vestibule walls; but the vivid
colours are amazing. One of the famous scenes in this
tomb depicts a group of three female musicians, a
harpist, a flutist and a lute
player.
The
tomb of Menna** (an
Administrator of the Fields of Amun during
Tuthmosis IV's reign) depicts field
works with a number of details (field measuring,
harvest, counting of the yield under the supervision of
scribes, a woman getting a thorn off her friend's foot,
another woman, with her child on her chest wrapped in a
piece of material in the African way, who brings a grape
to her husband who is working in the
fields).
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