Relief Fragment Showing Head of Queen Ahmose

Queen Hatshepsut supported her right to rule by claiming to be the daughter of the god Amun, who visited her mother Queen Ahmose in the form of King Thutmose I. Ahmose's role in this royal myth explains the prominence of her images in Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir el Bahri. This fragmentary head of Ahmose was the work of one of Hatshepsut's best sculptors, who indicated the subject's maturity by carving a slight double chin. The headdress was later scored with a chisel, perhaps in preparation for repainting.



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Large Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

In this statue, Hatshepsut is portrayed as a male pharaoh dressed in the costume of an Egyptian king, althought she does not wear the usual false beard. Like all the statues from Hatshepsut's temple, this one was broken into many pieces after her death by her nephew and co-ruler, Thutmose III. Unlike most of the others, the features of her face have also been systematically destroyed. Certain details of the statue were originally painted, and traces of pigment are still visible on the headdress and broad collar.

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