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In one of the tomb paintings of Egypt's Beni Hassan cemetery site, a hunter leads both a dog and a mongoose on leashes. The latter, a predator, likely has an allegorical role.(Linda Evans/Australian Center for Egyptology, Macquarie University, Sydney)
The military capability of the region, governed by many of the interred, is a common theme. A painting of soldiers training and taking part in a naval siege appears in the tomb of an individual named Amenemhat.(Courtesy of the Australian Centre
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