Fragments of Tetiky's Eternal Abode
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Fragments of Tetiky's Eternal Abode


This article is on the fragments of fresco's found on display at the Louvre when they were supposed to be on the walls of the 18th dynasty tomb of Tetiky in the Theban necropolis.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/968/fr2.htm




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