Interesting People
at the Egyptian Museum
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This statue of Nefertari, a favorite wife of Ramses II, is known as the White Queen. |
And this is one of the few large intact statues of Aknaton, the "heretic" pharaoh, whose naturalistic styles were much abhorred by his successors. |
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The important dwarf Seneb was posed with his children standing below him, to minimize the depiction of his short legs. |
Kaaper was a nobleman in the 5th Dynasty (very early). This statue is lifesize and marvelous, especially his eyes, which are of quartz and look like those in a china doll. |
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The handsome Seated Scribe has the quartz eyes too. |
and then there's Tut... |
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