Gorgeous statues of ancient Egyptian women
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Amazing discovery! They found wonderful statues of ancient Egyptian women, which had been buried underground for 2,500 years, and had not been affected by time or external factors. It appears from under the ground of Saqqara in an exceptional condition, as if it had been buried only yesterday! See the beauty and splendor that was hidden for thousands of years and remained preserved deep in history.
Statues had a basic mission in the cemetery throughout ancient Egyptian times, which was to enable the spirit to recognize the features of the deceased person. The art of sculpture flourished in the Old Kingdom and resulted in a number of statues of different types. The Egyptians used the size of the statue to express the social situation, as stated in the archives of the Egyptian Museum. By editing.
One of the greatest things the ancient Egyptian artist did after completing his statue was to color it in the colors that were common during the Old Kingdom.
There were certain features that the ancient Egyptian artist used while making his statues. Women’s skin was colored yellow, while men’s skin was dark red, wigs were jet black, and clothes were most often colored white. As for the jewelry that he wore, Both men and women are like necklaces, The bracelets and necklaces were colored in different colors, the most important of which was greenish blue to mimic the color of turquoise, and pale red to represent the color of the carnelian. The belt that the statue was wearing was of different colors indicating good taste and harmony in the composition of the colors, as Dr. Selim Hassan said in his Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt.


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