The Painted Tomb-Chapel of Nebamun 
Richard Parkinson

The British Museum Press, £14.99 (978-0-7141-1979-3)
Church Times Bookshop £13.50

Neb-amun, a scribe in the granary of Amun in the 14th century BC, in a portrait on one of 11 sections of astonishing wall-paintings that are among the British Museum’s greatest treasures. Crowded with Nebamun’s friends, family, and servants, with fish, birds, and butterflies — even his cat — they vividly depict his lifestyle. From this richly explanatory book.

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