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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Spiralbrains: [qb] Nefertari [IMG]http://ancientegyptianjewelry.net/images/queen20nefertari.jpg[/IMG] Must be a fake. [/qb][/QUOTE]It's not, but it's obvious the paint is faded off. Here are more portraits from her tomb where the paint is better preserved. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Maler_der_Grabkammer_der_Nefertari_002.jpg [IMG]http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/0DF54984-A111-4CD5-A9EC-DE163C66E02C/IH019941.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/nefertari-senet.jpg[/IMG] You guys should not engage in a silly argument about which pieces are fake and which are real based on features or how much paint is left. You should all [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=006932]know better.[/URL] [/qb][/QUOTE]Your methodology is weak. Some paints fades but were you aware that a lot of brown pigments also darken over time? Who is to say that some paint pigments have not darkened over time? You can't just go look at some pictures posted over the internet and say a given painting has faded paint or given painting has darkened paint. If you see what appears to be variation in one color you can't always assume which of the variations is true. This type of thing has to be done by scientific analysis by art restorers using technical equipment and sample tests. You also have the settings of the camera and the lighting conditions in which the photo was taken as well as other variables. We can discus DNA because that type of thing has hard data that's published. But with these paintings we are dealing with no data as to their condition. You can't just come in and because you think you see some variation in a skin tone on internet posting. Please stop doing that. It has no scientific credibility and is akin to what the freestyle eccentrics do. Why would you even bother questioning skin tone? For example no one questions the fact that the Khosians some of whom are relatively light skinned originated in Africa. By you saying the paint's faded without data and proper analysis, it plays into the notion that if the given skin tone was in fact that light it would call the person's nativity to Africa into question even though that's not what you might intend. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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