Painting, Tomb of Ramose, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor, Egypt

Funeral procession, with men moving shrine with canopic jars on a boat (above) and porters carrying tomb furnishings and wailing women (below), painting, on the south wall of the anteroom in the Tomb of Ramose, governor of Thebes and vizier, TT55, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, at Sheik Abd El-Korna, in the Valley of the Nobles, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. The site contains over 400 of rock cut tombs dating to the New Kingdom. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Anteroom Barque El-korna El-qurna Funerary Luxor Necropolis Nobles Ramose Sheik Shrine Theban Thebes Tombs Vizier Wailing Waset

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