Picture No | 11007217 |
Date | 1923 |
Description | A burial in Ancient Egypt by Matania |
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From the Palace to the Tomb, Episode IV: A Burial in Ancient Egypt - A Reconstruction of the Scene at the Entombment of a High Official. Women mourners lamenting before the mummy of the departed Egyptian whilst the priest conducts the burial service. One of a number of reconstructed scenes illustrated by Fortunino Matania around the time of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter in Egypt.
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Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania in 'The Sphere', 20 January 1923, page 203 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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