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The painted tomb-chapel of Nebamun

Parkinson’s book was written to accompany the opening of a new permanent gallery in the British Museum, for which he was lead curator . The British Museum acquired 11 wall-paintings (dating from about 1350 BC) from the now lost tomb-chapel of an Egyptian official called Nebamun in the 1820s. Following a 10-year period of conservation and research, the complete group of paintings was put on display together for the first time in 2008 in a manner evoking the environment of the original tomb-chapel. The gallery gives an impression of the walls of colour that would have been experienced by the ancient visitors to the tomb-chapel. Objects dating from the same time period and a 3D animation of the tomb-chapel help to set the paintings in their archaeological, social, and cultural context. The publication of Parkinson’s book was accompanied by a range of subsidiary publications and a new online gallery including the 3D animation and a reference to Parkinson’s book as being related to the gallery:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/ancient_egypt/room_61_tomb-chapel_nebamun.aspx

A portfolio of images from the gallery and the online site is being submitted on a CD together with Parkinson’s book.