A group of murals very impressive and precisely uprooted by the hand of the villainous from its place in a dark time and smuggled out from the tomb of Nakht also known as Neb Amoun from the western mainland Luxor
Nakht or Neb Amun was one of the senior statesmen during the reign of Tuthmosis the Third and he was the father of Mnkhbir, the writer of the king himself. And the supervisor of the grain stores in both countries, and the supervisor of the wine cave "
Nakht used to work as a clerk for stores during the reign of King Tuthmosis the Fourth of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He lived during the reign of Tuthmosis the Third and Tuthmosis the Fourth and was responsible for making wine and grapes.
"The cemetery is famous for its scenery, the beauty of its drawings, and its accuracy. There are also missing parts in the walls that were cut off by cemetery thieves for sale."
"The Nakht Cemetery is located in the necropolis of Thebes, which is located on the western bank of the Nile in ancient Thebes. This cemetery was certified as one of the most famous scenes of the engraved Egyptian cemeteries that are currently being displayed in the British Museum in London."
"His tomb was discovered in 1820 by the young Greek Giovanni Athanasi (also known as Yani), who was working as an agent for Henry Salt, the British Consul General in Egypt at that time." 👊
"The walls of the decorated graveyard were rich in life and indicated the skill of its Egyptian maker, who makes making his hands look like he was alive, for she was depicting an ideal impression of life
And activities of Nakht
"As for Dathanasi, when he found the graveyard as it was, it literally plucked with his workers with knives, saws and levers his landscapes on the walls in front of him. Salt sold these works to the British Museum in 1821, while some other pieces are now located in Berlin and some of them remained in their original place
"Dathanasi later died poor, without ever revealing the exact location that found the cemetery, but after a number of studies, the identity of the owner of the cemetery has been determined."
"The most well-known cemetery is a well-known illustration of Nakht while hunting birds in swamps and dancing girls at a large banquet
And a pond in a garden with morphing shadows on its sides, trees of various types, scenes of birds and wonderful fish ""
"In 2009 the British Museum opened a new exhibition dedicated to displaying the eleven fragments extracted from the wall of the cemetery after its restoration. It has been described as the greatest surviving paintings of ancient Egypt ever, and it is one of the greatest treasures of the museum."
