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~ Short History of Egyptian Wall Paintings ~
From Tombs and Temples
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The significance of temple decorations are to be understood in theological terms, and served to explain the ceremonies that took place within the sanctuary; they illustrated the aspirations of the clergy and the concept of the divine right of kings. The decorations in tombs however have given rise to controversy.

Picture 4. Here a falcon is spreading its wings protectively over a door, and on the wall the master of the tomb is drinking from a pond. Tomb of Pashedu, Thebes No. 3, Ramesside Period

 

The Ancient Egyptian conception of he after-life is still not uniformly understood among egyptologists. Tombs' paintings were in a perceivable trend not so much just to please the eye of the visitor to the funeral chamber as to help the deceased in his efforts to attain eternal life after his rebirth.

Mural decorations were always horizontal strips or friezes and the various scenes were surimposed above one another. Although the scenes were often the same because the artist had to revert to them, he himself showed some originality.

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