The postures of the king’s body in Ancient Egyptian iconography
Résumé
By observing the images of pharaoh in temples and tombs, we can notice that some specific postures of kings cannot be found in common human positions. These royal body positions must have had a role to play in the efficiency of feasts and rituals, especially during the Sed-festival (heb-sed, i.e. the jubilee of the king). This paper presents the first considerations of our study on the different physical configurations that could be adopted by the king’s body.