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the landscape, to decorate their houses.
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the landscape, to decorate their houses.
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**~~Figure 1. Map of the Nile Valley showing locations of places mentioned
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**~~Figure 1. Map of the Nile Valley showing locations of places mentioned
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present in ancient times, as evidenced by plant remains from Amara
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**~~Figure 2. Fragment of painted wall plaster from house E13.7 at Amara West (F5049c).~~**
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**~~Figure 2. Fragment of painted wall plaster from house E13.7 at Amara West (F5049c).~~**
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the walls, or a sheep's tail. One family poured *gir* over the walls
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the walls, or a sheep's tail. One family poured *gir* over the walls
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from a teapot.
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from a teapot.
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 painted in red and yellow bombastic; exterior (right) mud plastered in a circular pattern and painted with yellow gir.")
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 painted in red and yellow bombastic; exterior (right) mud plastered in a circular pattern and painted with yellow gir.")
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**~~Figure 3. House of one of the respondents. Interior (left) painted in red and yellow bombastic; exterior (right) mud plastered in a circular pattern and painted with yellow gir.~~**
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**~~Figure 3. House of one of the respondents. Interior (left) painted in red and yellow bombastic; exterior (right) mud plastered in a circular pattern and painted with yellow gir.~~**
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flat stone picked up in the desert would make an effective shovel and
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flat stone picked up in the desert would make an effective shovel and
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obviate the need to carry a tool from the town and back.
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obviate the need to carry a tool from the town and back.
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**~~Figure 4. Sofiha can containing gir.~~**
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**~~Figure 4. Sofiha can containing gir.~~**
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an animal had been slaughtered. Soft tissue animal products would be
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an animal had been slaughtered. Soft tissue animal products would be
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very unlikely to survive in the archaeological record.
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very unlikely to survive in the archaeological record.
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**~~Figure 5. Ancient Egyptian paintbrush dating to the New Kingdom. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.~~**
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**~~Figure 5. Ancient Egyptian paintbrush dating to the New Kingdom. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.~~**
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arm muscle quickly begins to ache, and small injuries to the grinding
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arm muscle quickly begins to ache, and small injuries to the grinding
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hand would have been hard to avoid.
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hand would have been hard to avoid.
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**~~Figure6. Grinding red ochre on a small grindstone. Left - Piece of red ochre to be ground. Right -- after grinding, pigment has spilled onto the floor and there is no working space left on the grindstone.~~**
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**~~Figure6. Grinding red ochre on a small grindstone. Left - Piece of red ochre to be ground. Right -- after grinding, pigment has spilled onto the floor and there is no working space left on the grindstone.~~**
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homescape, the way the space is manipulated by the addition of colour
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homescape, the way the space is manipulated by the addition of colour
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(and other elements) to curate the house into a home within a community.
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(and other elements) to curate the house into a home within a community.
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Acknowledgements
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**Acknowledgements**
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Research was conducted during a Collaborative Doctoral Award at UCL and
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Research was conducted during a Collaborative Doctoral Award at UCL and
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the British Museum, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
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the British Museum, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
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British Museum Amara West Project, funded by the Qatar-Sudan
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British Museum Amara West Project, funded by the Qatar-Sudan
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Archaeological Project, Leverhulme Trust, and British Academy.
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Archaeological Project, Leverhulme Trust, and British Academy.
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**References**
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Binder, Michaela. "The New Kingdom Tombs at Amara West:
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Funerary Perspectives on Nubian -- Egyptian Interactions." In *Nubia in
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Wenzel, Marian. *House Decoration in Nubia*. London: Duckworth,
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Wenzel, Marian. *House Decoration in Nubia*. London: Duckworth,
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**Images available here:**
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**Images available here:**
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[^21]: Çamurcuoğlu, *The Wall Paintings of Çatalhöyük
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[^21]: Çamurcuoğlu, *The Wall Paintings of Çatalhöyük
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(Turkey)*, pp. 240-246.
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(Turkey)*, pp. 240-246.
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