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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] Djehuti may think I am blind, but I KNOW what he is talking about. Tomb of Mereruka Saqqara: [IMG]http://lexicorient.com/egypt/photos/saqqara_m_mereruka02.jpg[/IMG] and [IMG]http://lexicorient.com/egypt/photos/saqqara_m_mereruka03.jpg[/IMG] But as you can see these are SEVERELY FADED and I cannot begin to tell how rich the original colors may have looked. Also note the fading from light to dark brown on the last one. Looke how the images vary depending on camera angle and lighting conditions: http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/lower/saqqara/tombs/mereruka.html Tomb of Kagemni Saqqara: [IMG]http://lexicorient.com/egypt/photos/saqqara_m_kagemni03.jpg[/IMG] Tomb of Ptahhotep at Saqqara: [IMG]http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/images/saqqara_tombs_pix/12_ptahotep_offerings.jpg[/IMG] (Note how each row seems to have a different shade for the colors of the workers). A lot of variation indeed, but also a lot of fading and decay. Even in a single tomb you can see fading, decay and the actuall variation of colors actually used by the artists. Based on the state of these tombs, it is hard to get a good picture of the exact nature they may have looked like when first painted. So to say the least, we are still talking about a small fraction of the images painted in Saqqara during the old kingdom. I find it hard to get a grip on the "typical" colors used during this period, since there are many different issues that affect our observations, such as age and decay. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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