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Egypt


Agriculture in ancient and modern Egypt



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Peasant couple harvesting. Wallpainting in the vaulted tomb chamber of Sennedjem (No. 1), a necropolis officer of the early Ramessid Period (18th Dynasty), in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina.
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Peasant couple harvesting. Wallpainting in the vaulted tomb chamber of...

Agricultural scene. Overall view of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE) in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Agricultural scene. Overall view of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scri...

A servant measures a field in the presence of the farmer and his wife. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE) in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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A servant measures a field in the presence of the farmer and his wife. Det...

Oxen threshing corn. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE) in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Oxen threshing corn. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe o...

Winnowing with wooden scoops. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE) in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Winnowing with wooden scoops. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, s...

Scribes with reed pens and papyrus sheets measuring and recording the harvest. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE) in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Scribes with reed pens and papyrus sheets measuring and recording the harves...

Men transporting corn. In the background slave girls fighting for the left-overs. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE) in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men transporting corn. In the background slave girls fighting for the left-ov...

Men cutting corn with sickles. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men cutting corn with sickles. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb...

Scribes with reed pens measuring and recording the harvest. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th- 14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Scribes with reed pens measuring and recording the harvest. Detail of a wal...

Scribe with reed pen box measuring grain. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Mennah, scribe of the fields and estate inspector under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Scribe with reed pen box measuring grain. Detail of a wallpainting in the to...

Men harvesting grapes. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men harvesting grapes. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scrib...

Men trampling grapes, one racking must. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th- 14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men trampling grapes, one racking must. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb...