This illustration of an ancient Egyptian war dance and was found in a tomb that dates to shortly after the Sixth Dynasty.

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This illustration replicates an ancient Egyptian war dance and was found in a tomb that dates to shortly after the Sixth Dynasty. Such scenes were familiar in tombs at Siut, Bersheh, and Beni-Hasan. There, the troops were almost constantly involved in military matters that their generals deemed it necessary to include such scenes in their tombs. It is based on a drawing by Jean-Francois Champollion, the decipherer of hieroglyphs. It appeared in Gaston Maspero's Art of Egypt in 1921.

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Size: 6733px × 1990px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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