He was a mid-ranking official and wasn't rich - but he clearly wanted to be remembered. Nebamun was an accountant at the Temple of Amun at Karnak in ancient Egypt. The wall paintings he had commissioned for his tomb-chapel, completed around 1350 BC, are masterpieces of Egyptian art, and 11 fragments of them go on display at the British Museum this week.
See a gallery of the paintings from Nebamun's tomb
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