The Four Races of Humanity, Tomb of Seti I

The four figures stand in profile facing right, rendered in a standardized Egyptian artistic canon against a pale background. From left to right: the first figure (Rmt) has reddish-brown skin and wears a simple white kilt; the second (Aamu) has light skin, a beard, and a decorated, fringed kilt; the third (Nhsyw) has dark, near-black skin and wears a white kilt with a patterned sash; the fourth (Tjhnw) has pale skin, a phallus sheath, and an elaborate, patterned tunic adorned with a feathered headdress. Each figure is accompanied by a vertical column of hieroglyphs and a transliterated name label placed below their respective glyphs.

This scene originates from the 'Book of Gates', a funerary text found in the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I (KV17) in the Valley of the Kings. It serves to classify the known world and assert the reach of Egyptian cosmic order (Ma'at) over all humanity during the king's journey through the afterlife.