Sunday 14 August 2011

Update from Osirisnet


We are presenting to you today the funerary complex of Nyankhnefertem, a.k.a. Temi, dating back to the VIth dynasty, at Saqqara. The chapel of this character, who was funerary priest in the temples of the pyramids of Unas and Teti, has been indisputably based on the one of its prestigious neighbour, the vizier Merefnebef (which we have already shown on OsirisNet).
Very well preserved, this chapel still has some beautiful polychromic scenes, and the study of the iconographic program points to interesting underlying family rivalries.
http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/nyankhnefertoum/e_nyankhnefertoum_01.htm

Enjoy!
Thierry BENDERITTER

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