Painting, Tomb of Userhat, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor

False door, painted pink to resemble red Aswan granite, and funerary scenes of purification, application of the instruments and offerings, painting, on the east wall of the Tomb of Userhat, royal scribe and child of the royal nursery, TT56, 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

14109674

Media ID

45690557

Size

8268px x 6201px (23.9MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009