31 January 2011

Faces of ancient Egypt


Seated male scribe, 2450 BC. It's in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo - and in the video compilation on Matilda's Anthropology Blog.

More faces - and heated discussion about the racial composition of early Egyptian society - here. (I haven't read much of the discussion - it's the visuals I'm interested in - but did see the words "clearly demonstrates", which should always be read as a warning that the "facts" they refer to have been carefully chosen.)

1 comment:

beatrice De said...

Hello Marguaret.

When I whent with a friend to Berlin, I have realise a dream, to see Nefertiti.
I had luck to go to Egypt with an Art guide in 1986.
There whe have seen, as well, the place where she had lived !
Very lucky.

Bises. BĂ©atrice.