The enigma on an ancient Egyptian wooden sculpture of a woman

The enigma on an ancient

 Egyptian wooden sculpture of a woman

The statue is carved from two different types of wood using shea for the base and African ruby ​​for the body of the statue. A high-ranking woman and the head of the harem of the god Amenhotep the statue depicts Lady Touy wearing a long intricately braided wig and an elaborate dress lady Touy from the New Kingdom of Egypt approximately 1550–1069 BC. The wooden sculpture is characterized by its intricately braided wig. Related sculptures and artifacts are often found in the Medinet Habu temple or the temples patronized by her.

A wooden sculpture of a woman from ancient Egypt, believed to be a statue of Lady Tiye or Thuya from the 18th Dynasty, approximately 1390–1349 BC.

Original statues were very large and often depicted her alongside Pharaoh Amenhotep III. This sculpture made from African grenadilla wood depicts Touy as a singer her left hand holding a menat necklace an instrument of her rank this wooden sculpture dates from the 18th Dynasty around 1375 BC. during the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.



Egyptian art was refined during a period when the influence of the god Amen-Ra was still strong around 1375 BC. This coincides with the late reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III or the early reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV. Shortly after this Nefertiti and Akhenaten ascended the throne shifting the center of faith to the god Aten in the transition to the Amarna era. During the New Kingdom of Queen Tiye ancient Egypt constructed numerous grand temples and monuments such as the Luxor Temple marking a period of thriving art and architecture.