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Ancient Egyptian Wall Paintings

Depictions of daily life and rituals in ancient Egypt, through colorful frescoes found in tombs and temples.

Scenes from the Tomb of Nebamun, a middle-ranking official scribe and grain accountant of the New Kingdom. Dated 1700 BC
Scenes from the Tomb of Nebamun, a middle-ranking official scribe and grain accountant of the New Kingdom. Dated 1700 BC
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Archers of Army of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, 1170 BC. EGYPT.
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The Tring Tile, England, circa 1320-1330 Medieval ceramic tiles depicting the childhood miracles of Christ. Mosaic tiles from Byland Abbey
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CUBIERTA DE MOSAICO DE LA TUMBA DE MARIA SEVERA.PROC EL PRADILLO (ITALICA).H S IV. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION, SEVILLA, SEVILLE.
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TAPIZ SIGLO XV - CAMPAÑA DE AFRICA DE ALFONSO V - SIGLO XV-ENTRADA DE ARCILA - DETALLE. Author: PASQUIER GRENIER (1447-1493) TEJEDOR DE TAPICES FL. Location: COLEGIATA DE LA ASUNCION. Pastrana. Guadalajara. SPAIN. ALFONSO V DE PORTUGAL. ALFONSO V EL AFRICANO.
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Fragment of an Egyptian wall painting. 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV (1401-1391 BC), Western Thebes The character, part of a funeral procession, holds lotus flowers.
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Dionysos jagt eine Meade Dionysus chasing a meade, Crátera - calyx-Krater-, 440 BC, Agrigento, Attica, Greece, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22897040
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Wall fresco in the Historic Villa San Marco, Stabiae, Castellammare di Stabia, Campania, Italy, Europe
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Floor mosaic, mosaic, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Huge bas-relief in hall mandapa of Krishna lifting Govardhana hill, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox
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The Kushan Empire originally formed in the early 1st century CE under Prince Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the Oxus River in what is now northern Afghanistan, southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. During the 1st and early 2nd centuries CE, the Kushans expanded rapidly across the northern part of the Indian subcontinent at least as far as Saketa and Sarnath near Varanasi (Benares) where inscriptions have been found dated to the first few years of the era of the most famous Kushan ruler, Kanishka, which reportedly began about 127 CE. The Kushan kings were a branch of the Yuezhi confederation (possibly intermarried with local families) and they had diplomatic contacts with Rome, Persia and Han China. The empire declined from the 3rd century and fell to the Sassanid and Gupta empires.
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Harold is released and travels to William's chateau ; negotiations follow, and Harold agrees to marry William's daughter Aelfgyve Date: circa 1064
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Fragment of Wall Hanging with confronted cocks and running dogs 4th-6th century Coptic This elaborately woven band was probably originally part of a large wall hanging for a domestic setting covering a door or decorating a wall. All the motifs related to the pleasures of the elite on their country estates. The large cocks confront each other across a large cluster of grapes with grape leaves by their feet. The detailed spurs on their claws suggest they were used for sport. Above their backs are hunting dogs.. Fragment of Wall Hanging with confronted cocks and running dogs. Coptic. 4th-6th century. Wool and linen. Made in Byzantine Egypt. Textiles-Woven
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Terracotta funerary plaque. Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: Overall: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 3/8 in. (26 x 36.2 x 0.9 cm). Date: ca. 520-510 B.C..Prothesis (laying out of the dead); below, chariot raceIn the latter sixth century B.C., the elaborate series of funerary plaques set into the walls of rectangular tombs were replaced by single plaques with holes for attachment. The chariot race, a recurring theme in Attic funerary art, may evoke the funeral games held in honor of legendary heroes, such as those in book 23 of the Iliad, when Achilles honored his deceased friend Patroklos. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Furniture in human and animal forms. Coloured etching by S. de Wilde, 1807, after "Sylvester Scrutiny".
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Tumba Amonemhat (53).
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Little Church of St. James At Kastelaz: Frescoes. Tramin Weinstrasse. Italy
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Ajanta-Höhle 17 : Linke Wand der Veranda. Palast-Szene. Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Indien Ajanta-Höhle 17 : Linke Wand der Veranda. Palast-Szene. Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Indien Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22372616
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MAPA DE EUROPA Y ASIA - 1500. Author: Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450-1510). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN.
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DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN. Adam.
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Wall painting at the Sidonian cave in Bet Guvrin
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CONSTRUCCION DE LA FLOTA - DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE BAYEUX - CONQUISTA DE INGLATERRA POR PARTE DE LOS NORMANDOS - SIGLO XI. Location: CENTRO GUILLERMO EL CONQUISTADOR. BAYEUX. France.
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Leather Working, Tomb of Rekhmire New Kingdom Nina de Garis Davies ca. 1504-1425 B.C. View more. Leather Working, Tomb of Rekhmire. Nina de Garis Davies (1881-1965). ca. 1504-1425 B.C.. Paper, tempera paint, ink. New Kingdom. Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100). Dynasty 18
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Fragment of a Large Hanging, 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century. Looped-knot pile; wool and linen; overall: 89.9 x 127 cm (35 3/8 x 50 in.).
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Warriors returning from battle. Detail of a frieze, from a tomb at the Porta Aurea, Paestrum, Italiote. Second half of the 4th century BC
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Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire ca. 1479-1400 B.C. New Kingdom Nina de Garis Davies This facsimile painting copies a wall painting in the tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100) in western Thebes. The detail depicts a carpenter drilling holes in the frame of a low chair with feline legs. A chair of this type (36.3.152) may be seen in Egyptian gallery 116. The carpenter uses a bow-drill and his adze and level lie on the ground behind the chair. A similar adze (96.4.7) may be seen in Egyptian gallery 116. The facsimile was painted at the tomb in 1929 by Nina de Garis Davies, a member of the Graphic Section of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition.. Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire 544640
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Turkey, Ephesus, Private house mural
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Wall panel depicting the royal lion hunt. Assyrian, approximately 645-635 BC. From the North Palace in Nineveh. Shows the king in a chariot shooting arrows while his attendant use spears.
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Egypt, Saqqara necropolis, Detail of cartonnage
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This wall painting from the late 18th Dynasty (c. 1350 B.C.) tomb-chapel of Nebamun at Thebes shows Nebamun inspecting flocks of geese and herds of cattle. The hieroglyphs describe and record what the farmers are squabbling about as they stand in line. The text says: Come on! Get away! Don't speak in the presence of the praised one! He hates people talking..Pass on in quiet and in order..He, Nebamun, the scribe and counter of grain of Amun knows all. The name of Amun in Nebamun's name has been scratched out - the ruler Akhenaten had Amun's name erased from all when he chose to follow the Aten.
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17th century murals fresco paintings of Ramayana epic in Kokarneswarar temple ceiling at Thirukokarnam, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia
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Tomb painting from a chamber tomb from ca 480 B. C. Lucanian period, in the Museum of Paestum, Campania, Italy, Europe
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Ancient Egyptian Painting, by Nina M. Davies,1936
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Painted wooden tablet from Pitsa
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Roman fresco depicting the encounter between Pelias and Jason. Pelias, king of Iolcos, standing on the steps of a temple recognises Jason by his missing sandal. House of Jason (20-25 AD). Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
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Bethlehem, Palestine Fresque on a wall of the cellar of the School of the Salle (or Brothers of the Christian Schools) , 1918 - Near East, Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (January 9 -October 6) (French - Bethléem , Palestine Fresque sur un mur du cellier de l' Ecole de la Salle ( ou Frères des Ecoles chrétiennes )). Foreign presence, painting, army, International relations, art, society, Palestine, Bethlehem, German frescoes on the Cillier wall () Transformed into messages of officers, brothers of the Christian Schools
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Tomb of The Lionesses. ITALY. Tarquinia. Necropolis of Monterozzi. Tomb of The Lionesses. Etruscan art. Fresco.
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Krater with decoration depicting the Garden of the Hesperides. 360 BC. Detail. Lycurgus Painter. Made in Puglia. From Ruvo di Puglia. Jatta National Archaeological Museum. Ruvo di Puglia. Italy.
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Standard of Ur, the war side, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur c2500 BC. Lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, shell and coloured stone mosaic. Sumerian. British Museum
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DT DE LA REPRODUCCION DE LAS CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Photograph of a relief depicting a man reaping barley with a sickle, probably of wood set with flints. From the west wall of the tomb of Urarna, Sheik Said.
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Early Christian. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography. Monogram of Christ with two pigeons. Plaster copy of an original from the Vatican Museums. 4th-5th century AD. Museum of Roman Civilization. Rome. Eur.
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The Processional Way of Babylon. constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was part of a grand walled processional way leading into the city. The walls were finished in glazed bricks mostly in blue, with animals and deities in low relief at intervals, these also made up of bricks that are moulded and colored differently. It was excavated in the early 20th century, and a reconstruction using original bricks, completed in 1930, is now shown in Berlin's Pergamon Museum.
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Traditional painting on a clay wall in rural Rajasthan, Shilpgram Crafts Village near Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia
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In the Thermopolium of the Asellina, wine bar, in Via dell' Abbondanza, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe
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Early Christian Baptistery, in the town of Constanti, Tarragona, 4th. Hunting scene.
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Ischtar Tor, Detail Stier Ischtar Tor, Detail Ishtar Gate, Detail Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxI.xMeyerx 176028
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Hounds from Nubia, Tomb of Rekhmire ca. 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom Nina de Garis Davies. Hounds from Nubia, Tomb of Rekhmire 544612
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Red-figure kylix, ca. 510 BC. A satyr is depicted riding a donkey. Painted by Epiktetos, Attic vase painter active between 520 BC and 490 BC. Detail. Museum of the Ancient Agora. Athens, Greece. Author: Epiktetos (fl. 520 BC-490 BC). Attic vase painter.
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Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, mosaic in Imperial Villa hunting scene, bear being carried aboard a ship
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A photograph taken within Tomb KV1, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, used for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses VII of the Twentieth Dynasty. Although it has been open since antiquity, it was only adequately investigated and cleared by Edwin Brock in 1984 and 1985. The single corridor tomb itself is located in Luxor's West Bank and is small in comparison to other tombs of the twentieth dynasty. Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun Ramesses VII (also written Ramesses and Ramesses) was the sixth pharaoh of the twentieth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He reigned from about 1136 to 1129 BC and was the son of Ramesses VI. The decoration within the passageway of the tomb contains illustrations from the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns as well as the Book of the Earth. The walls of the burial chamber are decorated with extracts from the Book of the Earth.
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Bayeux Tapestry. Harold's ship sets sail. 1066 AD. France.
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AZULEJERIA DEL PATIO. Location: CONVENTO DE LAENCARNACION. Osuna. Seville. SPAIN.
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Anonymous / 'Hare Hunting. Hermitage of San Baudelio. Casillas de Berlanga (Soria)'. Ca. 1125. Fresco painting on mural transferred to canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Mosaic work depicting a chariot race
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William the Conqueror's fleet crossing the English Channel, detail from the Bayeux tapestry or the Tapestry of Queen Matilda. France, 11th century.
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Gladiator Fight. 4th c. Roman art. Late Empire. Mosaic. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology.
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The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt. Date/Period: 1849. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 368 mm (14.48 in); Width: 546 mm (21.49 in). Author: DAVID ROBERTS.
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Greek civilization, frescoes depicting antelopes and young boxers, from Akrotiri, Thera, Santorini, Greece
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Girl in a bikini, 4th century AD mosaic in the Villa Romana del Casale, near Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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scene in a palace; Fresco from the Ajanta caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.
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Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188643
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Bayeux Tapestry known in France as La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde Tapestry of Queen Mathilda, Bayeux, Normandy, France, Europe
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'Cynegetica: treatise on hunting and fishing' by Oppianus. Greek school (11th c.). Farming works: beating olives, picking honey and killing a lamb. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).
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Asarotos oikos mosaic, depicting tragic theatre masks, Roman copy of Hellenistic original by Sosos of Pergamon, 2nd Century AD
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ARTE ROMANO. ITALIA. VILLA ROMANA DE CASALE. Mansión romana de época tardía, construida en el s. III como residencia de caza. Destacan sus mosaicos, descubiertos en el año 1929. Detalle del mosaico del "CIRCO DE LOS NIÑOS". Piazza Armerina. Sicilia.
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Heads of some foreigners depicted in the preceding plates, in the same size or reduced to a third of the original figures, 1832-1844, The Monuments of Egypt and Nubia, drawn by the Tuscan Scientific-Literary Expedition to Egypt, illustrated by Doctor Ippolito Rosellini, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..