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The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Language, Religion, and Gender

Before Islam:  Egypt

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Princesses

Princesses

Princesses with elaborate hairdos and diaphanous dresses holding offering vases in a scene from the renewal ceremony of the king. Along with the princesses were shown female dancers, musicians, and tumblers.

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