Head of a Queen

Photographer:

Margarete Busing

Title:

Head of a Queen

Description:

Head of a queen, probably Teye, the wife of Amenhotep III, from Medinet Ghurab. The shrewd expression makes this head perhaps the most individually conceived female portrait known from ancient Egypt. Yew wood, glass, gesso, cloth etc. Berlin, Agyptisches Museum.

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