Fresco, Tomb of Khnumhotep II, Beni Hasan, Egypt

Procession of the Aamu, with 37 west Asiatic foreigners with their animals, wearing their local costumes, led by their leader Absha, coming to trade and bringing eye paint and other offerings for the deceased, fresco, c. 1900 BC, detail from the north wall of the tomb of Khnumhotep II, Overseer of the Eastern Desert under pharaohs Amenemhat II and Senusret II, 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, at the necropolis of Beni Hasan, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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