Tomb of petosoris

Tomb of Petosoris is one of the most important ancients Egyptian cemeteries, it takes the form of an Egyptian temple.

It was a tomb of a "priest" cleric, not for a king or a provincial governor, he was the high priest of the god Thoth, his name was "Badi Osir," whose means "the gift of Osir" in the ancient Egyptian language, and it is "Petosoris" in the Greek language, in addition to him there were eight priests were buried in it, and inside it was found the coffin of Petosoris, which is considered one of the most beautiful coffins in terms of design, inscriptions, and drawings, it is currently in the Egyptian Museum, the tomb was discovered by French archaeologist Gustave Leffer in February 1919.

The facade of petosoris tomb is exactly similar to the facade of the Temple of Dendera, where the facade is adorned with four huge columns, two of them are imitating palm trees, and the other two imitating composite columns of lotus, and papyrus, the importance of this tomb is that it represents the artistic transition between ancient Egyptian art, and the early Ptolemaic era, as scene mix between the ancient Egyptian, and Greek cultures.

Scene of agricultural work painted in the traditional Egyptian way, but the people who appear in these scenes wear Greek clothes, What is striking in that scene is the observation of the woman going out to help the man in the agricultural works.

A scene depicting the supervisor of the wheat harvest, and it is noticeable that he had polio, and this is evident from his reclining on a stick, leaning on one foot, and raising the other.

Harvesting process and separation of the grain of wheat from straw.

scene of fertilization

A scene of cow gives birth, her expressions of birth pain appear on its face, a very expressive scene.

Scene of goldsmiths and makers work, where the process of polishing the parts that have been manufactured.

Two makers sit face to face, bent over on their manufacture, there is another worker to their right, and on top of the three is an inscription stating that the foreman will reward them for their good work.