Ancient Egyptian Queens and Goddesses: Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)

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By collection of ancient Egyptian Metropolitan Museum of Art, exhibition on the theme of women.

In the history of ancient Egypt over approximately 3000 years, it was ruled Egypt as a woman is that it was only six.

It is of is said to be among them, and, who ruled best, it was Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty.

That was modeled the face of the Hatshepsut, statue of a face, such as the sphinx.

Really, you do not know how much whether realistic, but also the expression of any eye has been with Patchiri, and rounded, face is smile faintly. Also In fact, it might have been such a face.

It is said that after the death of II Thutmose husband, Hatshepsut is, the queen who ruled for 20 years III young Thutmose until adulthood, and bring peace and prosperity to Egypt, was the most successful.

Goddess representing Egypt, Hathor is represented in the form of a cow.

It has the face of a human woman, hair is wound is under, through the era, with the ears of cattle, statues of the face of the goddess Hathor was continued to be made ​​in much the same format.

One of the images that represent Egypt.

Besides, was hippopotamus, cat, such as Cobra, the shape of the animal, and the image of the small gods.

These also, but the character who is indispensable to ancient Egypt exhibition.

Numerous trinkets of royalty. Gorgeous necklace using gold and beads bright colors, rings, crown. Such as cosmetic tool for women. I suggests that economic affluence of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

At the end of the hall, a picture of a large number of surface is drawn, the inner coffin of the doll that contains the mummy has been exhibited.

In all, the left-right symmetry, using paint colorful, scene of much 20 to 30 have been drawn.

When looking slowly one that one, and forget the time involuntarily.