Funerary equipment of Queen Isa-em-Kheb:a wig and hamper
A little chest of papyrus and the wig of the 21st Dynasty Princess Isa-em-Kheb, as discovered by Professor Maspero at Thebes in Upper Egypt, during his investigation in April 1881. Egyptologist Ameila Edwards described these artefacts in the accompanying article in the Illustrated London News, The smaller hampers contained each an enormous wig, highly frizzed and curled, such as was worn by Egyptian ladies of rank on state occasions
Picture No
10269806
Media ID
46068023
Size
3102px x 3995px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Engraving after photographs executed for the ILN by Herr Emil Brugsch, keeper of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Boo
Date
Ancient Egyptian (21st Dynasty )
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