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Tjayasetimu is the name of a little girl who was a star singer in ancient Egypt. Nearly three thousand years ago, she was a member of the royal choir and sang for the pharaohs in temples on the Nile. Tjayasetimu was recently featured in an exhibition at the British Museum called ‘Ancient Lives: New Discoveries’, which explored the lives and deaths of eight mummies. Temple singers, dancers, and other performers have frequently been depicted in engravings in ancient Egypt. Singers are often seen playing an instrument called a sistrum, a kind of rattle, a harp, or bone “clappers”, all of which Tjayasetimu may have also used. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"3433","attributes":{"alt":"Female Performers in Ancient Egypt","class":"media-image","height":"245","style":"width: 365px; height: 245px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"365"}}]] Female performers in ancient Egypt. Image