New study on ancient Egyptian art reveals artists were more creative than previously thought and were surprisingly touching up their original work
Egyptologists have until now considered art in these tombs to be very conventional, adhering to certain rules and using predefined patterns, which were transferred onto walls.
Egyptologists have until now considered art in these tombs to be very conventional, adhering to certain rules and using predefined patterns, which were transferred onto walls. "We didn't expect to see such modifications of a supposedly very formal representation of a pharaoh," meant to be frozen in time, said Walter.
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