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Book of the Dead of Hunefer
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c.1275 BC, British Museum. The Weighing of the Heart before Osiris.Egyptian scribes painted vignettes on papyrus rolls for the afterlife — the earliest ancestors of book illumination.
| Artist / Maker | Scribes of Thebes |
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About the Artist
c.1300 BC, EgyptEgyptian scribes painted vignettes on papyrus rolls for the afterlife — the earliest ancestors of book illumination. Full biography →
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