Modern analysis of an ancient painting found on the walls of an Egyptian prince’s tomb has revealed very interesting and surprising results. The artwork, which was discovered back in 1871 at an Egyptian archaeological site called Meidum, depicted a never-before-seen species of goose.
New analysis was conducted last year by Anthony Romilio from the University of Queensland in Australia who studied in greater detail the six birds that were depicted in a 4,600-year-old painting known as the “Meidum Geese” that was found in the burial chambers of Prince Nefermaat I and his wife Itet (the painting is now in the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo). It has been described by historians as being “one of the great masterpieces of the Egyptian animal genre.” And it wasn’t just geese that were represented in the paintings inside of the tomb as dogs, leopards, cattle, and white antelope (called addax) were also depicted in great detail.
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Gorgeous Egyptian Art From 4,600 Years Ago Reveals an Extinct Goose
24 FEBRUARY 2021
Artwork that had adorned the walls of an Egyptian prince s tomb for more than four millennia has been found to contain images of a bird completely unknown to modern science - until now.
Although archaeologists have been eyeing the representations of local waterfowl since the fresco s discovery at the dig site of Meidum in 1871, it s taken an evolutionary biologist s clever taxonomic sleuthing to see the birds for what they really were.
Last year Anthony Romilio from the University of Queensland in Australia took a closer look at the six birds represented in a famous piece known as the Meidum Geese, a 4,600-year-old painting historians describe as one of the great masterpieces of the Egyptian animal genre .
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