The Ancient Egyptian painted tomb chapel of Khnumhotep ll featuring remarkably accurate images of birds that include Masked Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Hoopoe, Redstart, Pintails. This detail is from a scene showing fowlers catching wildfowl with clap nets. Beni Hasan, Central Egypt, dates to Xll dynasty, around 3,800 years old.
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The Ancient Egyptian painted tomb chapel of Khnumhotep ll featuring remarkably accurate images of birds that include Masked Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Hoopoe, Redstart, Pintails. This detail is from a scene showing fowlers catching wildfowl with clap nets. Beni Hasan, Central Egypt, dates to Xll dynasty, around 3,800 years old.
Photo ID: 013281
Author: David Tipling / Birdphoto.co.uk
David Tipling / Birdphoto.co.uk
Photo size: 7.3 Mpixels (21 MB uncompressed) - 3495x2103 pixels (11.7x7 in / 29.6x17.8 cm at 300 ppi)