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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Alive: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by nomorelies: [qb] Considering how racially charged/stratified the subject of Ancient Egypt has been since colonial times, I guess it depends on who you get your information from.Also, as far as the women being of lighter shade (yellow), it can be seen in real life, especially in eastern and southern Africa (all the way to South Africa) that the women seem to be a shade lighter than the men. [/qb][/QUOTE]The ancient Egyptians had a saying that every girl was a little "nwt", referring to the Sky goddess, Nwt, the word itself meaning "night". Meaning they were considered to be at least in part divine. In some settings they painted women in similar skin tone to men like in the Armana period and when making the clay models of people (which were usually more realistic and less symbolic artistic renderings in the first place). Still, I notice a pattern in AE artwork where women were usually painted in a yellow brown color that contrasts with the brown[/URL] we see for men. Men are almost always painted dark brown in color with red, yellow, and black paints [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/2422968783_9c6c5d340f.jpg?v=0[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2424368936_24d6e98646.jpg?v=0[/IMG] (It also seems that at [URL=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/3102582708_5b8a79005f.jpg?v=0]some times[/URL] there seems to be more yellow and less red paint [available?] than at [URL=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2324/2265988492_d475ebc9b0.jpg?v=0]others[/URL].) ... ^All colors had sacred aspects but what could yellow have symbolised here? [/qb][/QUOTE]Yellow probably symbolized the the sky as in the Sun in the sky as Isis is often portrayed wearing a light blue or blue clothing with a yellow skin color and a red waist band. This symbolizes mother nature and the nurturing aspect of nature which provides for and feeds her children, as blue is the sky, yellow is the sun and the red is the blood of new life: From temple of Seti I: [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2269/2286703032_f7b7a13b41.jpg?v=0[/IMG] http://www.flickr.com/photos/10647023@N04/2286703032/in/set-72157601528348156/ The dichotomy here between men and women goes back to the symbolism of Nut and Geb, where nut is the feminine principle symbolized as the sky and Geb is the male principle and symbolized as the earth itself. Some later texts from the Ptolemaic temples at Kom Ombo and the Temple of Isis have passages that refer to the new dawn and light on the horizon as a sign of the presence and coming of Isis to which Heru (symbolized as a lotus ) rises and opens to welcome his mother and she comes in on rays of gold and clothed in lapis azuli and turquoise, symbolizing the colors of the sunrise. From Medinet Habu: [IMG]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/1139821429_4fc0306b64.jpg?v=0[/IMG] http://www.flickr.com/photos/10647023@N04/1139821429/in/set-72157601499370994/ [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2581182081_806d0e29a9.jpg?v=0[/IMG] http://www.flickr.com/photos/93281780@N00/2581182081/ [IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2277823944_10824ff99d.jpg?v=0[/IMG] http://www.flickr.com/photos/11413503@N03/2277823944/ [/QB][/QUOTE]
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