Showing posts with label Tom and Jerry in pharaohnic Egypt. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Tom and Jerry in pharaohnic Egypt

Tom  and Jerry in pharaohnic Egypt ,this is a scene back to nearly 1400 BC. ,Where the artist depicted one of the priests as a mice mocking at him while the chief of artisans as the cat who forced to serve him propriety .
This is known as Ostraka piece and it is one of thousands other similar ostrakas were found near the artisans village of Deir Elmadina -Luxor west bank.
Ostrakas for ancient Egyptian artist is a stone sketch board .

The Mastaba of Ti at Saqqara

  The wall measures 1.55m wide by 4.50m in height, of which the upper 2.75m is decorated. It contains scenes with seventy-four characters di...