The ancient Egyptian tomb where Africa’s wildlife still lives on the walls

The ancient Egyptian tomb where Africa’s wildlife still lives on the walls

We are in Egypt. There are places there where the past feels less like history and more like something that has simply refused to disappear, and the Tomb of Rekhmire, carved into the cliffs of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna on the west bank of the Nile at ancient Thebes, is one of them. Inside its chambers, painted animals still appear to move through a world that vanished thousands of years ago: giraffes tower above their handlers, cheetahs are led on lea…