▁of ▁Nations " ▁is ▁a ▁standard ▁painting ▁that ▁appears ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁tomb s , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁usually ▁provided ▁for ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁the ▁soul ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased . ▁Among ▁other ▁things , ▁it ▁described ▁the ▁" four ▁races ▁of ▁men " ▁as ▁follows : ▁( trans lation ▁by ▁E . A . ▁Wall is ▁Bud ge ) ▁" The ▁first ▁are ▁RET H , ▁the ▁second ▁are ▁A AM U , ▁the ▁third ▁are ▁NE H ES U , ▁and ▁the ▁fourth ▁are ▁THE ME H U . ▁The ▁RET H ▁are ▁Egypt ians , ▁the ▁A AM U ▁are ▁dwell ers ▁in ▁the ▁desert s ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁and ▁north - east ▁of ▁Egypt , ▁the ▁NE H ES U ▁are ▁the ▁black ▁races , ▁and ▁the ▁THE ME H U ▁are ▁the ▁fair - sk inned ▁Lib y ans ." ▁ ▁The ▁arch ae ologist ▁Richard ▁Le ps ius ▁documented ▁many ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁tomb ▁paint ings ▁in ▁his ▁work ▁Den km äler ▁aus ▁A egy pt en ▁und ▁A eth iop ien . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Le ps ius , ▁an ▁updated ▁repr int ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁produced , ▁edited ▁by ▁Kurt ▁Set he . ▁This ▁printing ▁included ▁an ▁additional ▁section , ▁called ▁the ▁" Er g än z ungs band " ▁in ▁German , ▁which ▁incorpor ated ▁many ▁illustr ations ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁Le ps ius ' ▁original ▁work . ▁One ▁of ▁them ,