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NEFERTITI SINGING OF THE    
GREAT FLOOD (1998)

OIL ON CANVAS
73cm x 89cm

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The winding waterway is flooded, that I may be ferried thereon to the horizon, to Horakhti Re has taken me to himself, to the sky, to the eastern side of the sky, as Horus, This is horus who came forth from the Nile They row Horus in the procession of Horus on the great flood. The doors of the sky are opened, the doors of the firmament are thrown open for Horus of the east at dawn
[Pyramid texts 63 - 65]

(Amenophis IV (1375 BC) changed his name to Akhenaten, incarnation of the sun god, when he pronounced that there should be only one god in Egypt - Aten the sun disc. He built a new city at Tell-el -Amarna, City of the Horizon of the Sun. He reigned with his wife Nefertiti for seventeen years. )

Ancient Egyptians were particularly creative in the arts of body and facial decoration. Many unguents were applied to guard against the dry climate of the Nile valley. Perfumes were widely used. Honey and beeswax featured in many creams and was also used as a fashion accessory. It was shaped into cones for women to wear on their heads, as it warmed up the wax would slowly melt and release exotic aromas.