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2. Hajichi - Wikipedia

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   The tattoos could represent pride in being a woman, beauty, and protection. [4] They were associated with rites of passage for women and could indicate marital status. The motifs and shapes varied from island to island. Among some peoples it was believed that women who lacked hajichi would risk suffering in the afterlife. [5]

3. Portraiture in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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   Nefertiti bust, from the 18th dynasty, New kingdom Egyptian death mask from the 18th dynasty. Louvre, Paris portrait of Meritamun, 19th dynasty of Egypt. Portraiture in ancient Egypt forms a conceptual attempt to portray "the subject from its own perspective rather than the viewpoint of the artist ... to communicate essential information about the object itself". [1]

4. Fayum mummy portraits - Wikipedia

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   Combining Egyptian and Greek pictorial forms or motifs was not restricted to funerary art, however: the public and highly visible portraits of Ptolemaic dynasts and Roman emperors grafted iconography developed for a ruler's Greek or Roman images onto Egyptian statues in the dress and posture of Egyptian kings and queens.

5. Usekh collar - Wikipedia

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   The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace, familiar to many because of its presence in images of the ancient Egyptian elite. Deities, women, and men were depicted wearing this jewelry. One example can be seen on the famous gold mask of Tutankhamun. The ancient word wsẖ can mean "breadth" or "width" in the ...

6. 30 Hyper-Realistic Tattoos By Victoria Lee That Blur The Line ...

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   Victoria Lee is a talented artist known for her realistic tattoos. Based in Beijing, she has built an online following by sharing her lifelike designs. Her tattoos often feature realistic-looking ...

7. Bes - Wikipedia

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   In the New Kingdom, tattoos of Bes could be found on the thighs of dancers, musicians and servant girls. [ 11 ] Later, in the Ptolemaic period of Egyptian history, chambers were constructed at Saqqara , painted with images of Bes and his female counterpart Beset, thought by Egyptologists to have been for the purpose of curing fertility problems ...

8. Saturday NFL draws larger audience than college games for ...

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   A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff. The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million ...

9. A ‘pro-America’ India could help New Delhi win over Trump

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   United States President-elect Donald Trump is staying true to his self-given moniker of “tariff man.”This time, he’s taking aim at some of the world’s fastest-growing major economies in ...