ocr: TOMB PAINTING N. ANCIENT EGYPT, Netermmat, the son of Pharaoh (King) Snofru, was buried with his wife Itet in an elaborate mud-brick tomb at Maidum. Snofru was the first king of the 4th dynasty (about 2613 BC-2494 BC). Netermmat's tomb was decorated with many splendid paintings, including this one showing two red-breasted geese and a bean goose. The painting was discovered by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette and is now housed in the Cairo Museum. Although the great days of Egyptian painting occurred at Thebes some 1,200 years later, many experts believe this painting to be the finest e ...
