Art from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun (ca. 1350 BC) has just gone on permanent display at the British Museum. “One explanation for their appeal, I think, is that, unlike a lot of Egyptian art, they were intended to be seen by the living, not the dead… [who would have admired} the confident draughtsmanship, the wonderful sense of colour, the intensity of the observation, the ability to convey human foibles and, not least, the sense of fun.”