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Wall relief of an obese male
A wall relief of an obese male with folds of flesh, gynaecomastia and a paunch. It was not unusual for pharaohs and wealthy people to have themselves portrayed with rolls of fat about their abdomen since this indicated prosperity and success. However, the skin folds of mummies such as those of the pharoahs Amenophis III (reigned 1386-1349 BCE, Dynasty XVIII) and Ramesses III (reigned 1182-1151, dy…
Creator
- Carole Reeves
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Creator
- Carole Reeves
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Carole Reeves
Source
- N0028560
Identifier
- N0028560
- wghxp45p
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:24:41.657Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:24:41.657Z