EGYPTIAN PRINCESS MUMMY FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM 'AMENIRDIS'

Описание: A powerful Nubian princess who was adopted by an Egyptian Priestess and moved to Thebes. Find out more about her in "Egyptian Secrets At The Vatican"    • Egyptian Secrets At The Vatican (FULL DOCU...  

AMENIRDIS - BORN IN NUBIA/KUSH, DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH KASHTA, SISTER OF KING PIYE. DIED AROUND 700 BC. HELD TITLE OF 'GODS WIFE OF AMUN'
WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG HER FATHER ALLOWED HER TO BE ADOPTED BY AN EGYPTIAN PRIESTESS (Shepenupet I). AMENIRDIS THEN MOVED FROM KUSH
TO THEBES. SHE WAS TRAINED AS A HIGH PRIESTESS BY HER ADOPTIVE MOTHER
AMENIRDIS THEN WENT ON TO ADOPT HER BROTHERS DAUGHTER, NAMING HER Shepenupet II. SHE TRAINED HER DAUGHTER TO BECOME THE NEXT HIGH PRIESTESS

AT THE END OF THE 24TH DYNASTY EGYPT WAS INVADED BY THE ASSYRIANS THE NUBIANS THEN CHASED THE ASSYRIANS OUT OF EGYPT AND WENT ON TO RULE FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS, FORMING THE NUBIAN 25TH DYNASTY

SHE HAD A CHAPEL DEDICATED TO HER AT MEDINET HABU IN THEBES, A GIANT 3 METER ALABASTER STATUE WAS ALSO ERECTED AT KARNAK TEMPLE OF AMENIRDIS.

NUBIAN ROYALS WERE BURRIED IN NUBIA IN SMALL PYRAMIDS, YET AMENIRDIS WAS BURRIED IN EGYPT WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF MEDINET HABU. HER MUMMY AND ARTEFACTS ARE NOW AT THE VATICAN.

I worked in this facial reconstruction based off of the only image we have of her mummy at the Vatican when the head was unwrapped decades ago. I have always found her story fascinating. All of the jewellery that she wears comes from Nubian tombs and I wanted to show her wearing that to connect her with where she was born. And based her wig and crowns on her statues.

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