Portrait head of Queen Tiye with a crown of two feathers

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Portrait head of Queen Tiye with a crown of two feathers발음듣기

One of the most interesting women in all of Egyptian history.발음듣기

Began her life as the daughter of a bureaucrat, but would marry the pharaoh of Egypt.발음듣기

She would then be demoted upon his death and would simply be the Queen Mother.발음듣기

But her son would then elevate her status, substantially, making her divine, making her a goddes.발음듣기

So much of that history can bee seen in this teeny sculpture of Queen Tiye.발음듣기

There's a clear sense of her nobility, even though she bagan in a relatively modest way as a commoner, although of fairly high status.발음듣기

She looks out and past us here, and there's no doubt she's a queen. She is completely unapproachable.발음듣기

And we may also be getting a sense here of what she looked like.발음듣기

There seem to be some individual characteristics.발음듣기

She seems to be a little bit older.발음듣기

We can see lines extending below her nose on either side of her cheek, and there're some distinctive facial characteristics.발음듣기

So perhaps we have a little bit of a window into what she really looked like.발음듣기

The face and neck are made out of yew wood, this beautiful dark wood.발음듣기

The eyes are made out of ebony and alabaster and then there are some other materials as well.발음듣기

Gold and some of the semi-precious stone, lapis lazure is visible just under the headdress that seems to have been chipped away.발음듣기

That's right, what we're seeing are in fact evidence of these changes in Tiye's life.발음듣기

Underneath the headdress, that we see her in now, would have been a gold headdress that signified her status as the queen, as the wife of the pharaoh.발음듣기

And we can also see that in the two gold clips that we see on her forehead that are evidence of where that crown would have been worn.발음듣기

There would have been a cobra placed there, the insignia of royalty.발음듣기

That was presumably removed when her husband died, and she actually fell in status to that of Queen Mother.발음듣기

But she was so important and so smart, and her son depended on her so much that in order to have her be able to actively participate in politics and the affairs of the Royal Court, he elevated her status to one of a goddess.발음듣기

And that's when this headdress would've been added.발음듣기

This would have been spectacular when it was first made.발음듣기

Now, it simply looks a little bulbous, but if you look a little bit to the back right of the skull you can just make out some brilliant blue faience beads that catch the light and really shimmer.발음듣기

That would've covered the entire headdress and so she would have looked regal and almost celestial, appropriate to a goddess.발음듣기

Her headdress extends upward where we see horns, a solar disc and chief feathers.발음듣기

Now, that solar disc may refer to the religion founded by her son Akhenaten.발음듣기

Akhenaten got rid of Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion and established a monotheistic religion centered around Aten who was symbolised by the sun.발음듣기

The sculpture really does give us a sense of her importance, her power, her son's respect for her, and gives us just a little glimpse into the complexity of Egyptian life at this high station.발음듣기

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