Dragging a Statue of Thutmose I 1911; original ca. 1294–1279 Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside Norman de Garis Davies Thutmose I is represented here as a statue, as indicated by the men pulling him on a sledge. His black skin was initially understood to represent the ebony wood from which the statue was possibly made, but it most likely relates to the king’s deified state. Cults were established to worship kings during their reign. The cult of Thutmose I persisted for centuries after his death, a rare phenomenon, and this statue of the king is at the center of a scene dep
Dragging a Statue of Thutmose I 1911; original ca. 1294–1279 Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside Norman de Garis Davies Thutmose I is represented here as a statue, as indicated by the men pulling him on a sledge. His black skin was initially understood to represent the ebony wood from which the statue was possibly made, but it most likely relates to the king’s deified state. Cults were established to worship kings during their reign. The cult of Thutmose I persisted for centuries after his death, a rare phenomenon, and this statue of the king is at the center of a scene depicting offerings and rites honoring him. Royal figures are sometimes depicted with a dark complexion, as the color black represents rebirth and regeneration–like the black soil of the Nile Dragging a Statue of Thutmose I. Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941). 1911; original ca. 1294–1279 Tempera on paper. Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 19
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