Nefertiti's Face
More than three thousand years ago a sculptor working in the royal city of Amarna carved a limestone bust of an Egyptian queen. The queen was Nefertiti, consort of the ''heretic pharaoh'' Akhenaten. Plastered and painted, Nefertiti''s bust depicted an extraordinarily beautiful woman. However, Akhenaten''s reign was drawing to an end, and the royal family was soon to be written out of Egypt''s offi...
More than three thousand years ago a sculptor working in the royal city of Amarna carved a limestone bust of an Egyptian queen. The queen was Nefertiti, consort of the ''heretic pharaoh'' Akhenaten. Plastered and painted, Nefertiti''s bust depicted an extraordinarily beautiful woman. However, Akhenaten''s reign was drawing to an end, and the royal family was soon to be written out of Egypt''s offi...
