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Painting of Tjepu

This well preserved painting of a beautiful woman 𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓁐 named Tjepu is from the 18th Dynasty (rule of Amenhotep III π“‡³π“§π“Ž ) and was originally found in the tomb π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰ of her son π“…­. Tjepu is seen in lavish 18th Dynasty style clothing – including a wig, lots of jewelry and a linen 𓍱 dress.

Painting of Tjepu at the Brooklyn Museum

When creating tomb π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰ art, Egyptian π“†Žπ“π“€€π“ artists did not β€œrealistically” depict how people actually looked. Instead, they showed people as being eternally youthful. Basically, the artists made people look their best so they could be at their best in the afterlife 𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐! While Tjepu would have been around 40 π“Ž†π“Ž†π“Ž†π“Ž† years old at the time that this painting was completed, she was definitely not shown as being 40 π“Ž†π“Ž†π“Ž†π“Ž†.