The story of the most beautiful Egyptian statue
Prince_Hattab And his wife,
Princess
In 1871, Merit Pasha found a
cemetery in Meidum
When the workers excavated
the cemetery, they found the northern wall undulating and uneven. Merritt
realized that there was something behind the wall
The workers ordered to
pierce the wall to see what was left of it
After they punctured and lit
the torches, they could see behind the wall
The workers cried in panic,
and ran outside the cemetery, running away
And they chanted imps faces
... in living people
This is a inhabited cemetery
...
Mirette ordered the wall be
broken to reveal the most beautiful statue in Egyptian antiquities
The princess alienated and her husband, Prince Ra Hotep,
The lights of the torches
reflected from the eyes of alienated people, giving the feeling that the statue
was alive and looking at you
The reason that this mass
statue was made behind a wall as if it was not in the cemetery was that
(Rahotep and his wife) lived during the reign of King (Khufu), who issued an
order prohibiting the manufacture of any statues for non-kings and deities, as
he made his men search for any statues that exist for individuals other than
Kings and deities and destroying them, therefore they feared (Rahotep and his
wife) on their statue, because it took them time and money to make it, just as
it is not easy to destroy this amazing masterpiece, they decided to hide this
statue
Given that the statue is
collective, it is attached to each other, meaning that it is one block, and the
entrance does not accommodate the entry of the whole statue into one block
because it is large, so it was separated in two halves, and for this reason,
both (Rahotep) and (Nefert) became seated on two separate chairs.
The height of this statue is
about 120 cm, its length is 69 cm, and the width is 51 cm. And Prince (Rahotep)
sits on a chair that has a backrest that extends beyond the shoulders, and his
titles have been recorded on him, including: Chief of Staff - Kabir Astronomer
Ayunu - Head of Architectural Works - Head of the Army
The ancient Egyptian artist
put some fine artistic touches that made the statue a wonderful masterpiece, as
the artist distinguished between the skin color of the man and his wife
Rahotep with natural hair
and colored black, as for the features of his face, it indicates the features
of the harsh face. The eye is inlaid with substance (quartzite) and fried with
substance (Epsidian), and this eye is characterized by widening, but the most
beautiful thing in it is that it looks very natural, while the nose appears
large with relatively small openings, the mouth is small and surrounded by
strong muscles, and the statue has a black mustache, and this is one of the few
times that the statues of men appear Mustache also has a short thick neck and
relatively large ear
The statue of Princess
Nefert immortalizes beauty embodied in
the serenity of existence
The princess wears a long,
black robe on her body that shows her charms and is white in color. She has an
opening from the top extending to the bottom of the chest. She wears another
garment under the abaya under his belt.
She uses a short wig that
focuses on the neck and shoulders. Natural hair appears from the bottom of the
wig, which is black in color. She also wears a wreath on her head and is
decorated with floral shapes.
The statue highlights the
beauty and interest of the Egyptian woman since the dawn of history, how her
beauty and femininity are highlighted, as she used makeup and makeup in a
wonderful way ...
It is worth noting that
Rahotep was the eldest son of King # Sanefru and his crown prince most likely,
and he won several titles, including the chief priest of On and the king's son
from his crucifixion.
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