A 3,300 year old painting of birds flying and perching within a marsh is so detailed that researchers can tell which birds were depicted.
About a century ago, a painting was found on the walls of a palace in Egypt. The new study is the first to take a deep dive into the identity of the birds, some of which have unnatural markings.
Many of the birds are rock pigeons, but there are also images of a red-backed shrike and a white wagtail. A facsimile of the artwork was studied and used to identify the birds.
The "Green Room," painted with images of water lilies, papyrus plants and birds, may have created a serene atmosphere for the royal family, according to the researchers. The study states that the calming effects of the natural environment were as important to the royal household as they are today.
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The rare Isis-Aphrodite idol was found in Egypt.
The father of King Tutankhamun ruled Egypt between 1353 B.C. and 13 36 B.C. He focused the worship of the Aten on Egypt's religion. The north palace of the new capital was built.
The Green Room was excavated between 1923 and 1925 and the paintings were fragile. The paintings don't exist anymore so the facsimiles are important.
Reburying the rooms in sand was the only way to preserve them, according to Kemp. The archaeologists decided not to do this because they were afraid local people would damage them.
An attempt to conserve the panels with consolidants backfired and made the paintings discolored and darkened. The facsimiles drawn by de Garis Davies were used to identify the birds.
The red-backed shrike and white wagtail are migratory birds that can be seen in Egypt year-round. The white wagtail is a common migrant from October to April when it is abundant in cultivated areas.
Rock pigeons are not native to Egypt's papyrus marshes but are associated with the region's desert cliffs. The most likely explanation is that the ancient artists decided to make the scene look better by including them. Their presence may have been a simple way to enhance a sense of a wilder, untamed nature.
The shrikes and white wagtails were marked with triangular tail markings by the ancient artists. According to the researchers, the artists may have drawn these markings to indicate that the birds visited Egypt only once a year.
The artists were able to create realistic images of birds and plants despite the markings. The Green Room images are remarkable, even in the wider context of ancient Egyptian art, as an example of the close observation of the natural world.
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