Ancient Egyptian Mural Art

Depictions of daily life and rituals in ancient Egypt, featuring scenes of labor, animals, and wrappings, with earthy tones and detailed figures.

Painting from the tomb of an ancient Egyptian official, Djeserkaraseneb, depicting butchers with a cow. Dated 18th Dynasty.

Egipto. Tumba 56 Userhat. Está situada en Sheij Abd el-Qurna, formando parte de la necrópolis tebana, en la orilla oeste del Nilo, frente a Luxor.2 Es el lugar de enterramiento del funcionario civil del Antiguo Egipto, Userhat, que fue escriba real y niño de la guardería real (niño de Kep), durante el reinado de Amenhotep II, de la dinastía XVIII. También se enterró su esposa Mutneferet.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of royal estate supervisor Menna, Vestibule, Mural paintings, Working in fields

Ceramics, Krater known as 'Warrior Vase', detail, armed soldiers,

Painting from Tomb of Iti, Italy, Turin, Turin Museum

Egipto. Tumba 56 Userhat. Está situada en Sheij Abd el-Qurna, formando parte de la necrópolis tebana, en la orilla oeste del Nilo, frente a Luxor.2 Es el lugar de enterramiento del funcionario civil del Antiguo Egipto, Userhat, que fue escriba real y niño de la guardería real (niño de Kep), durante el reinado de Amenhotep II, de la dinastía XVIII. También se enterró su esposa Mutneferet.

Painting from the tomb of an ancient Egyptian official, Djeserkaraseneb, depicting butchers with a cow. Dated 18th Dynasty.

Sogdian Art , wood, parchment, distemper, End 7th - Early 8th century, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Hermitage, 23x61

Tumba TT-104 Tutnefer. Egipto.

Sky map of stars with zodiacal figures drawn over them. Tomb of Seti I. 18th Dynasty. Fresco. EGYPT.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of army general Tjenuny, mural painting showing votive offerings

Dei El Bahari.

Sogdia. Pre-Islamic Central Asia. Mural. Feasting ones "Artists". Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. First half of the 8th C. Penjikent, Tajikistan. Sector XXIV. Chamber 1. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Menena Tomb: Harvesting Scene #3 Egyptian Art Valley of the Kings, Thebes

A photograph taken within the Tomb of Renni, the 'Overseer of the priests of Nekhbet' at the time of Amenhotep I at Elkab, situated 90 km to the south of Thebes. Amenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His reign is generally dated from 1526 to 1506 BC.

Hunting fowl in the marshes. Tomb of Nebamun. Middle Kingdom. Thebes. Egypt.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of royal estate supervisor Menna, Burial chamber, Mural paintings, Hunting scene

Mural, Heraklion museum, Crete Island, Greece

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of city governor and vizier Hepu, Mural painting showing craftsmen

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of royal estate supervisor Menna, Burial chamber, Mural paintings, Hunting scene

Egyptian wall paintings from The New Kingdom, facsimies of ancient Egyptian wall decoration. They are accurate copies of original scenes, exact in line and colour and, with a few exceptions, at a scale of 1:1

Plaster cast of a relief from the temple of Beit el-Wali, depicting a military expedition by Ramesses II. Dated 1279 BC

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of city governor and vizier Hepu, Mural painting showing craftsmen

A photograph taken within the Tomb of Renni, the 'Overseer of the priests of Nekhbet' at the time of Amenhotep I at Elkab, situated 90 km to the south of Thebes. Amenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His reign is generally dated from 1526 to 1506 BC.

Ceiling frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

Fragment of painting on lemon wood depicting servants and amphora on their stands, from Thebes

Wall painting at the Sidonian cave in Bet Guvrin

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of granary supervisor at Amon's estate Ineni, mural paintings of hunting scene from eighteenth dynasty

Reliefs, Burial Chamber Back Wall, Tomb of Rameses V and VI, KV9, Valley of the Kings, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

18th Dynasty tomb of Paheri, at Elkab,south of Thebes, Egypt. dating from of the New Kingdom in the middle of the 18th Dynasty, under the reign of Thutmosis III. The tomb had already been located by the scholars of the Egyptian expedition in 1799. The titles associated with Paheri are those of nomarch (governor prince) and scribe. He is often called nomarch of Nekheb and Anyt

Wall frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

Wall frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of army general Tjenuny, Mural painting showing votive offerings

Egyptian wall paintings from The New Kingdom, facsimies of ancient Egyptian wall decoration. They are accurate copies of original scenes, exact in line and colour and, with a few exceptions, at a scale of 1:1.

Tumba TT-104 Tutnefer. Egipto.

Egypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ti. 5th Dynasty. Relief depicting ranching scene.

Scenes of Agricultural Work Egyptian Art Musee du Louvre, Paris

Vienna, Austria. Kunsthistorisches Museum. (Editorial Use Only)

Tumba de Paheri. Paheri era el nieto de Ahmose hijo de Ebana, y sirvió bajo las órdenes de Tutmosis III. Ostentó varios cargos, fue Intendente de Nekheb, así como Escriba de Amon, Tutor del Príncipe, y Jefe de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet, entre otros.

Egypt - Cairo - Ancient Memphis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Saqqara. Necropolis. Private funerary mastaba of Ptahhotep, 5th Dynasty. Relief depicting, from top to bottom, offering bearers and men butchering cattle

Standard of Ur. Mosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli. Royal cementery, Iraq. 2600 BC. British Museum.

Details of fresco paintings, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete island, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Nebamun Supervising Estate Activities, Tomb of Nebamun. Artist: Charles K. Wilkinson ca. 1928-1930. Dimensions: facsimile: h. 99 cm (39 in); w. 130 cm (51 3/16 in); scale 1:2; framed: h. 132.1 cm (52 in); w. 101.6 cm (40 in); th. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Thutmose IV-Amenhotep III. Date: ca. A.D. 1928; original ca. 1400-1352 B.C..This facsimile copies a wall painting from the tomb of a man named Nebamun who lived in the middle of Egypt's Dynasty 18 (about 1475 B.C.). The scene probably depicts various activities that were part of Nebamun's personal life. In the center of the top register, men gather grapes in a vinyard and at the left side of the next register down, the grapes are brought to a winery, pressed, and decanted into pottery jars while Nebamun, seated on a stool, looks on. In the bottom register, Nebamun, seated at the right, watches while a scribe named Djenutynefer (kneeling in front of him) records the branding of cattle. In the upper right c

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188591

Susa Archers frieze from the Palace of Darius, 522-586 BC. Persian Empire. IRAN.

Saint Marien church. Mural painting. Mezilles. France.

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

Spain. Catalonia. Constanti. Roman Villa of Centcelles. Early Christian art. 4th century AD. Dome mosaic. Hunting.

Early Christian floor mosaics with fishing motifs from the 4th century in the Romanesque basilica at Aquileia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aquileia, Udine, Italy, Europe

Enocoe Enocoe, Iberian art, archaeological and history museum of Elche Alejandro Ramos Folqués, Elche, Alicante, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23018682

Etruscan tomb painting of a fury carrying away a dead person's soul, 6th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Painted Sarcophagus. Unknown

Guests from the top register of the banquet scene, 18th Dynasty, from the tomb of Nebamun, 1350-1370BC.

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

Barbering, Tomb of Userhat. Artist: Nina de Garis Davies (1881-1965). Dimensions: facsimile: h. 45 cm (17 11/16 in); w. 73 cm (28 3/4 in)scale 1:1framed: h. 48.6 cm (19 1/8 in); w. 76.2 cm (30 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Amenhotep II. Date: ca. 1427-1400 B.C..This facsimile painting copies part of a scene in the tomb of Userhat (TT 56) at Thebes. This vignette depicts men waiting their turn to have their hair cut by the barber who is at work in the lower left. The facsimile was painted at the tomb in 1925-1926 by Nina deGaris Davis who was a member of the Graphic Section of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A photograph taken within Tomb KV1, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, used for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses VII of the Twentieth Dynasty. Although it has been open since antiquity, it was only adequately investigated and cleared by Edwin Brock in 1984 and 1985. The single corridor tomb itself is located in Luxor's West Bank and is small in comparison to other tombs of the twentieth dynasty. Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun Ramesses VII (also written Ramesses and Ramesses) was the sixth pharaoh of the twentieth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He reigned from about 1136 to 1129 BC and was the son of Ramesses VI. The decoration within the passageway of the tomb contains illustrations from the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns as well as the Book of the Earth. The walls of the burial chamber are decorated with extracts from the Book of the Earth.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd El-Qurna, Tomb of Horemheb, detail of fresco representing man fishing in marsh and birds

Reliefs on the interior walls of the temple of Edfu in Egypt Reliefs on the interior walls of the temple of Edfu in Egypt Copyright: xZoonar.com/RoyxGilhamx 21136984

Tumba Amonemhat (53).

Village Mural Rajasthan India

Wall painting inside the Theban Tomb of Roy (TT255), in Dra' Abu el-Naga'. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The sepulchre is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian official, Roy, who lived at the end of the 18th dynasty, during the reign of Horemheb. Roy was a Royal Scribe in the Estates of Horemheb and of Amun. His wife, who appears with him in the tomb paintings, is named as Nebtawy, or 'Tawy'

Maya, Maya Murals, San Bartolo, Guatemala, Dr. Bill Saturno

Milking a cow. Mastaba (tomb) of Methethi, c2371-2350 BC, Old Kingdom: Sakkara (Saqqara)

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Mural painting in tomb of Ramses IV

DT-BORDADO HISPANO MUSULMAN DEL ARCA DE SAN ISIDORO. Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN ISIDORO. LEON. SPAIN.

Image of the Voyage to Abydos, Tomb of Sennefer, TT96, Tombs of the Nobles, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt Copyright: RichardxMaschmeyer 801-4071

Dance of Death, 15th century fresco in the at La Chaise-Dieu abbey, France.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX (KV 6), Third passage, detail of the frescoed ceiling representing ""The Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber""

Wandmalereien Wall paintings , a king and his vassals attacking a castle , Church of Our Lady of the Assumption , Alaitza, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22846034

Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt; King Rameses II

Tomba della Caccia e Pesca tomb of hunting and fishing with frescoes from the 6th century BC, fishing boat with dolphin and bird hunting, Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis, Tarquinia, Viterbo Province, Lazio Region Latium, Italy, Europe

Etruscan horseman. Winning race. 6th cent BC. Wall painting.

Figura femenina con velo, siglo II, I a.C. Procedente de Numancia, museo Numantino de Soria, Soria, Comunidad Autonoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe

Milking a cow. Mastaba (tomb) of Methethi, c2371-2350 BC, Old Kingdom: Sakkara (Saqqara)

FRISO-ARQUEROS REALES-PROCD PALACIO DARIO DE SUSA-ARTE ASIRI. Location: MUSEO DEL LOUVRE-CERAMICA. France.

CLAUSTRO - VIGA DEL ARTESONADO ARABE CON PINTURA GOTICA - ESCENA DE TOREO - SIGLO XIV. Location: MONASTERIO. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Bench Side-Panel Depicting a Calf in the Marshes ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom This painting of a calf running through a papyrus marsh comes from the King's Palace at Malqata, the palace city of Amenhotep III in western Thebes. It was part of the decoration on the supports of low benches that were used to store clothing and other personal items. The end of the bench was decorated with a basket of fruit. Similar stylistic and iconographic elements are used in the painted decoration of the pottery found at the palace.The palace city was created to celebrate the King's three heb seds, or rejuvination ceremonies performed near the end of his reign. The Museum's Egyptian Expedition excavated at Malqata from 1910-1920. Members of the Egyptian Department returned to Malqata in 2008 and conduct yearly excavations and restoration workat the site.. Bench Side-Panel Depicting a Calf in the Marshes. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud plaster, paint. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Pal

'Siddha. Wall painting'. China, 7th - 11th century. Dimensions: 151x102 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Mycenaean art. Greece. Fresco of the Lady of Mycenae or the Mycenaean. 13th century B.C. It depicts a goddess. Found at Mycenae in 1970. National Archaeological Museum. Athens.

Musicians from the top two registers of the banquet scene. 18th Dynasty, from the tomb of Nebamun, 1350-1370 BC.

Mural paintings of the apse inside the church of Santa Eulalia, XII century, Unha, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tausert, mural painting of Osiris and Horus' four sons, from twentieth dynasty

Roman Art. Early Christian Art. Roman Mausoleum in Centcelles. Built in the 4th century AD for Constans, son of the Emperor Constantine. Detail Mosaics. Hunting. Constanti, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

SPAIN - Bajo Aragón (district) - ARAGON - TERUEL. Alcañiz, castle; Torre del Homenaje / keep ; medieval mural paintings (rey / Jaume I King entering Valencia)

Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC

Egypt - Tall al-Amarnah (Amarna, Tell el-Amarna), necropolis. Tomb of Merire. Detail, painted relief. De AgostiniUIGEverett Collection (938_05_86003688)

Detalle de las pinturas del ábside de Santa Maria de Mur, siglo XII. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Egypt, Thebes, Tomb of Unsu, Scene of sowing and harvesting, wall painting

Colorful Medieval Bayeux tapestry, Bayeux, Normandy, France. Created 11th century right after Battle of Hastings 1066 AD showing Norman Conquest. Shows Battle and deaths in lower panel

Sarcophagus of Agia Triada (14th century BC), Archaeological Museum with most important finds of the Minoan culture, Heraklion, Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Europe

Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, East Rim Drive, Desert View, murals painted on wall inside the historic watchtower (1932)

veiled female figure, 3rd century BC. From Numancia, Numantino de Soria museum, Soria, Autonomous Community of Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Tomb of Artisan Sennedjen with Wall Painting at Dier el Medina, Luxor, Egypt

From the Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, wall painting, ca. 480-470 B.C. Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia*

Egyptian faience tile. Artist: Unknown

DETALLE DEL ANGEL TURIFERARIO - PINTURA MURAL DE LA ERMITA DE LA VERA CRUZ DE MADERUELO - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cortege. Papier. 20th sixteen. Par musée musée malée. 145159-3 Asian art, Chinese art, cortege, paper, 20th 20th XX 20th 20th 20th century

Terracotta funerary plaque ca. 520-510 B.C. Greek, Attic Prothesis (laying out of the dead); below, chariot raceIn the latter sixth century B.C., the elaborate series of funerary plaques set into the walls of rectangular tombs were replaced by single plaques with holes for attachment. The chariot race, a recurring theme in Attic funerary art, may evoke the funeral games held in honor of legendary heroes, such as those in book 23 of the Iliad, when Achilles honored his deceased friend Patroklos.. Terracotta funerary plaque 254801

An engraving depicting an Assyrian war chariot with archer: simple non-dished wheels. From a bas-relief at Nimrod. Dated 19th century

Ceiling Fragment A.D. 1914-1915; original ca. 1390-1352 B.C. Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom Hugh R. Hopgood. Ceiling Fragment 547715

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Thutmose IV, mural painting of Adoration of the gods, Isis, from eighteenth dynasty

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