The Dancers of Nakht

The oldest female musical band

The Egyptian aristocratic class

The Dancers of Nakht
The west bank of Luxor city has a great amount of antiquities that stretches to cover the whole Theban necropolis. Among the most attractive sites on the west bank is the cemetery of the Nobles. There where always visitors get astonished of seeing the splendid colours and scenes of daily life of ancient Egyptians. The Tombs of the Nobles were always the most accurate source of knowledge about life of Egyptians in the deep past. The fabulous tomb of Nakht is a good sample to those tombs. Nakht was a high-official and a royal scribe. Nakht, most probably, lived during the reign of king Thutmosis IV in the 18th dynasty which is around 1400 B.C.
The scenes of the tomb represent the Egyptian aristocratic class in their daily life; it shows their parties, entertainment, make ups, and outfits also it has a unique scene of a female musical band which has a Harpist, a flute player and a violin player. This is almost the oldest female musical band been heard of. Copyrig ©Musegypt. 2006