Egyptian Wig with Rosettes found in the tomb of the three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass. ca. 1479–1425 B.C., MET [1488×1861]
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Egyptian Wig with Rosettes found in the tomb of the three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass. ca. 1479–1425 B.C., MET [1488×1861]
by Remote_Finish_9429
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/548511
I have never enjoyed the thought of wigs. Makes me shudder
I’d be absolutely fascinated to know what the experience was like for a foreign princess to marry an Egyptian pharaoh, move to Egypt and live in that culture.
Especially the spiritual aspect of it: Would she continue observing worship of her native pantheon, and what would the Egyptians’ opinions be – anything from indifference to indignation to polite-if-skeptical indulgence? Would she adopt a “when in ~~Rome~~ Egypt” view and convert to worship of the gods whose domain she now called home? Or would she even pull double-duty and honor both cuz, hell, why not be polite?