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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masreyya: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [qb]Most women were portrayed as yellow/light tan to represent the sun, not an actual skin color. [/qb][/QUOTE]Doug, if you look at the color used to depict women you'll often find it's a paler yellow than the more golden hue of the goddesses like Maat. Generally speaking, Egyptians women have always tended to be a shade lighter than men, and it's very common to find brothers and sisters where this is very evident. I believe I read that there is a genetic reason behind it (which is not necessarily that women simply stay out of the sun). Many Egyptian women were painted brown in the NK because they were usually depictions of southern women (where the capital was at the time), who share the same rich brown color as their male counterparts. Here is a New Kingdom tomb scene that shows women in both colors: [IMG]http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/2005/images/270511.jpg[/IMG] Here's one of Amenhotep I that defies all artisitc convention: [IMG]http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/2005/images/122057.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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