Painted on the northern wall of a chapel in a tomb belonging to the New Kingdom Pharaoh Menna, who ruled from 1400 until 1352 B.C.E., lies a very striking piece of Egyptian artwork, known as “Egyptian Hunting in the Marshes.” This relief depicts the owner of the tomb and his family fishing and fowling in the papyrus marshes. While the creative artist of this scene will never be known to history, Menna is seen holding decoy birds in one hand, and raising a spear above his head with the other. On the other side of the painting, Menna is holding a spear in an attempt to catch two large fish, thought to be tilapia . On both sides of the painting, Menna stands on the deck of a papyrus skiff, or boat, on which the members of his family, most likely
