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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by dishonest Fartheadbonkers: [qb] Let's not also forget the other afronut lunacy logic: Swenet - Ancient egyptians painted dark = dark skin Ancient egyptians painted light = symbolic only [IMG]http://pastmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/e_nofret_face.jpg[/IMG] Suddenly if its light its only "symbolism" you see... [/qb][/QUOTE]Actually, the symbolic color was [b]yellow[/b] NOT pale or pallor. The Nofret statue looks pale because the yellow paint is [i]faded[/i]. A close-up of Nofret reveals this: http://www.lessing-photo.com/p3/030302/03030235.jpg Funny how you only show Nofret but not her husband Rahotep. [IMG]http://www.details.com/images/style-advice/grooming-and-health/201210/BROWS/rahotep_statue_eyebrows_vss.jpg[/IMG] ^ His paint is also faded which means he was even darker still. One could only imagine that the original complexions would have looked something like these: [IMG]http://mathildasdiary.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ptahkhenuwy.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://nicoxdesign.free.fr/old/photos/Egypte/400/Couple2.jpg[/IMG] [i] Male and female skin colors were probabaly not uniform among the entire population of Egypt,with pigmentation being darker in the south[closer to sub-sahara Africans] and lighter in the north[closer to Mediterranean Near Easteners] A woman from the south would probabaly have had darker skin than a man from the North. Thus,the colorations used for skin tones in the art must have been schematic [or symbolic] rather than realistic;the clear gender distinction encoded in that scheme may have been based on elite ideals relating to male and female roles,in which women's responsibilities kept them indoors,so that they spent less time in the sun than men.Nevertheless, the signifcance of the two colors may be even deeper,making some as yet unknown but fundamental difference between men and women in Egyptian worldview....[/i]-- Gay Robins [IMG]http://www.touregypt.net/images/touregypt/bride1.jpg[/IMG] Real life Nofret and Rahotep couple: [IMG]http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/ciu/1d/19/49d2017b42a0e4e3d8de1210.L.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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