"Hieroglyphic signs could be used to convey either the sense of words or their abstract phonetic components, and in their simplest form were rendered simply in outline, or in cursive, handwritten forms, with little visual similarity to the pictorial originals. Here, however, it is noticeable that the artists who designed Read More →
"The hoopoe shown here, was painted by Carter, and comes from the bush on the other side of the net, in the scene of Khnumhotep catching birds. The difference in the respective styles, and indeed intentions of the Survey’s artists is evident in the contrast between the bird shown here Read More →
From the same scene as the ‘cat in the marshes’ via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/4FycPK
Read More →"Howard Carter was most interested in making ‘careful coloured drawings of the more interesting and important details among these mural decorations’. This cat is part of the fishing scene and is shown balancing on the stem of a papyrus plant which is bending underneath its weight. Griffith was inclined to Read More →
"This bush filled with birds of several kinds was painted by Marcus Blackden in 1891. It comes from the same wall of the tomb of Khnumhotep as the fishing scene and is itself only part of a larger scene of the tomb owner catching birds in a net. A variety Read More →
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