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Queen Nefertari
Seated Colossus of Ramesses IIQueen NefertariPrincess Beside the Feet of Ramses IIAlexander the Great Receiving Amun's SemenAlexander the Great Receiving the Semen of Amun-RaAmun-Min, God of FertilityAmun-Min with Erect Phallus (detail)Sphinx of Pharaoh Horemheb

Queen Nefertari

This sandstone statue (13th-c. BC) from Luxor Temple portrays Queen Nefertari standing beside the enthroned Ramses II. Her smaller scale follows New Kingdom convention, where relative size conveyed status. Depicted with royal headdress and poised stance, she affirms her rank as Great Royal Wife within Egypt’s visual order of divine kingship.
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