Tomb of Nakht, Egypt. Dynasty XVIII 1450 B.C.

According to the great quantity of musical instruments found in the
tombs, music was a source of pleasure and relaxation for rich
Egyptians. The main instrument was the harp, followed by the flute.
In this representation of a painting in the tomb of Nakht
(an astronomer of the God Amun during the kingdom of Amenhotep III)
we see a flute player, A harp player and a youth playing the norva;
the latter one being close to our banjo and made out of a turtle
shell. The three instrumentalists are lightly dressed with
transparent clothes and veils. They have incense sticks over the
head to perfume the body and hair.

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