Conceptually similarSPLQueen NefertariSS2344550SL0488Rights ManagedSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYQueen Nefertari playing senet, wall paintingSS2636436SL3981Rights ManagedSPLTomb of Queen NefertariSS2344539SL0477Rights ManagedSPLEgyptian god KhepriSS2344551SL0489Rights ManagedSPLQueen Nefertari and HorusSS2344546SL0484Rights ManagedSPLQueen NefertariSS2344549SL0487Rights ManagedSPLWall painting in tomb of Queen NefertariSS2344552SL0490Rights ManagedSPLQueen Nefertari offering fabricSS2344554SL0492Rights ManagedSPLTomb of Queen NefertariSS2344538SL0476Rights ManagedView AllView more with similar tones Queen Nefertari playing senetLicense type:Rights ManagedUnique identifier:SS2344553Legacy Identifier:SL0491Description:Queen Nefertari playing senet. Queen Nefertari lived around 1300-1255 BC and was the first wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. This wall painting is found in her tomb and portrays the Queen in the afterlife playing the board game senet. In Egpytian mythology, the dead must overcome several tests, such as winning senet, to pass through the afterlife. Senet is the oldest known board game. Players move pawns on a grid of thirty squares. The actual rules are not known. The tomb of Nefertari is located in the Valley of the Queens, Thebes, Egypt. It is one of the best preserved and most ornately decorated of all known tombs. It was rediscovered in 1904 by the Italian archaeologist Ernesto Schiaparelli, but has been closed to the public since 2003.Credit:Patrick Landmann / Science SourceSize:3425px × 5197px (~50 MB)Restrictions:No Sale through SubagentsGet PricingHow Will The Visual Be Used?ShareKeywords:1255 bc-13th century bc-2nd millennium bc-afterlife-ancient-ancient world-antiquity-archeology-architecture-board game-boardgame-book of the dead-burial site-burial tomb-cemetery-challenge-chamber-classical-E905/0409-E905/409-E9050409-egypt-egyptian queen-egyptian royalty-egyptology-fresco-funerary-game-glyph-glyphs-hieroglyph-hieroglyphics-hieroglyphs-history-human-icon-icons-luxor-mural-nefertari-nefertari's tomb-painting-person-playing-queen nefertari-qv66-ramasses ii-rameses-ramesses-ramesses ii-ramsses ii-royalty-senet-subterranean-symbol-symbols-test-theban necropolis-thebes-tomb of queen nefertari-underground-underworld-valley of the queensModel release:Not releasedParent folder:Months of June through August 2008