A piece of art for the beautiful princess
An extremely beautiful and magnificent piece of art. The beautiful Princess Nes-Amun, daughter of the great King Ramesses II and the high priestess of Hathor, offering sacrifice to Hathor.
Considering the drawing, the colors, the white robe of the finest linen, and the wigs worn by priests only shows the extent of the status and sophistication that women enjoyed in ancient Egypt.
This wonderful mural dates back to the New Kingdom, the Nineteenth Dynasty, around 1250 BC, from the Abydos Sohag Temple
Ramesses II was the son of Pharaoh Seti I and Queen Tuya, and was called the co-ruler of his father. He accompanied his father during his military campaigns in Nubia, the Levant, and Libya when he was fourteen years old. Before the age of 22, he was personally leading campaigns into Nubia with his sons. Ramesses appointed to extensive restoration projects and the construction of a new palace at Avaris. After the death of Seti I in 1290 BC, Ramesses assumed power. Ramesses II ruled for nearly 67 years and married many women, and had many concubines and secondary wives.
He married some of the princesses of the royal family, such as Nefertari and Est-Nefert. He also married the daughter of the King of Kheta and gave her the Egyptian name “Maat Neferu Ra.” It is also known that he married three of his daughters. His male children held important positions in the state, the most important of whom was his son, Khaemwas, whose father thought about making him crown prince in the thirtieth year of his rule, but he died in the fifty-fifth year of his father’s rule. Most of his first sons died during his lifetime, so his thirteenth son, Merneptah, from his wife, Est-Nofret, succeeded him on the throne. His father had chosen him as crown prince after the death of Khemwas.
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