大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 8月8日 05時32分

This statue of a Ptolemaic queen is almost 5 metres tall, and once stood next to the figure of a king at the entrance to the Temple of Amun-Gereb – one of the most important temples in the lost city of Thonis-Heracleion. The Ptolemies embraced the Egyptian tradition of placing colossal statues of pharaohs outside temples, and they went a step further by systematically adding the queen alongside her king.

Some of Egypt’s most beautiful temples were built or renovated under Ptolemaic (ancient Greek) rule, yet they often display pharaonic architecture. The queen wears a crown composed of a sun-disc framed by cow horns and backed by tall feathers, a crown shared by Egyptian royal women and goddesses, notably Isis.

Learn more about the deep connections between the great ancient civilisations of Egypt and Greece in our #SunkenCities exhibition, on until 27 November 2016.

Colossal statue of a queen. Thonis-Heracleion, possibly 283–246 BC (reign of Ptolemy II), but recarved later. Maritime Museum, Alexandria. Photo: Christoph Gerigk. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.
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