Queens of ancient Egypt – these words stimulate the imagination, evoking images of exotic women dressed in exquisite robes and accompanying pharaohs in elaborate temple rituals. We owe these visions, at least in part, to 19th-century painters such as John Reinhard Weguelin (1849–1927) and Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847–1928), who popularized Orientalist images of ancient Egyptian women.
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