Painting, Tomb of Rekhmire, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor
Construction workers, with Asian and Nubian slaves drawing water from a pond to make bricks, painting, on the south wall of the Tomb of Rekhmire, vizier, TT100, 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
Picture No
14109643
Media ID
45698823
Size
8268px x 4885px
(18.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
