Guests at a Banquet

Guests at a Banquet

Nina de Garis Davies

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

During various celebrations, family and friends gathered to eat and drink. Such banquets are depicted on tomb walls, though the exact occasions are often unknown. The facsimile here shows part of a large banquet with several male and female guests. They are depicted with fine clothing and elaborate jewelry, and in a state of eternal youth. (Note that this is the left part of a large banquet scene; for the right part see 30.4.106.)

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.