#nofret

[egypt-museum]

Painted seated limestone statues of Prince Rahotep & Nofret, with inlaid eyes

Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of king Sneferu, c. 2575–2551 B.C.

From the Mastaba of Rahotep and Nofret, Meidum. Excavated by A. Mariette, 1871

Now at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, CG 3, 4

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[a-gnosis]

Drawing those flashbacks from the Minoan eruption made me think of the Danish comic Nofret by Sussi Bech that I was a big fan of as a teenager. Nofret is a young woman from Minoan Crete who travels around the ancient Mediterranean. In the forth book she returns to Crete with her Egyptian boyfriend just to find out that the Minoans are threatened both by the Mycenaeans on the mainland and by an impending natural disaster. It's quite entertaining adventure comics, but with some tragic elements to say the least.

[egypt-museum]

Statue of Princess Nofret

Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, c. 2589-2566 B.C. Mastaba of Rahotep at Meidum. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 4

[egypt-museum]

Statue of Queen Nofret

Two identical statues of Nofret were discovered at Tanis. They had been taken there after the end of the New Kingdom, more than a millennium after they were made.

Excavation of Emmanuel de Rougé during the winter of 1863-1864. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 382

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[egypt-museum]

Statue of Queen Nofret

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1897-1878 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 37487; CG 381

In this statue, Queen Nofret is shown seated on a throne, wearing a wig known as a Hathor wig, which has three separate tresses of hair. A large tress falls behind the head, while two wavy tresses are pulled to the front and wrapped in narrow bands, which end over the breasts in two spirals that encircle disks. A uraeus of rearing cobra is depicted on the forehead for protection.

The queen has a large face and enormous, almost detached, ears. Her oversized limbs portray a powerful stature. She is wearing a robe with a very low opening and large anklets that ornament her thick ankles. She wears an incised openwork pectoral, a large piece of jewelry that is worn upon the chest.

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[postcard-from-the-past]

Statue of Prince Rahotep and Nofret in the Cairo Museum, Egypt

French vintage postcard

[spiritsdancinginthenight]

[tegneserier]

Flere gange er jeg stødt på udsagnet at tegneserier er for drenge/mænd og skrevet af mænd....

Chokerende dum og uvidende kommentar omkring tegneserier, fx er der:

Franka Yoko Tsuno Nofret Ekho spejlverdenen Natacha Atalante Maggy Garrisson Wika Rubine