Why Nefertiti still inspires, 3,300 years after she reigned
In 1924 when the world came face-to-face with the likeness of the Ancient Egyptian queen for the first time, it sparked a ...
University of Manchester6 年
Nefertiti was no pharaoh, says renowned Egyptologist
The book - Nefertiti's Face: the Creation of an Icon, published by Profile Books next week (25 January) – tells the story of the famous sculpture from its creation to its display today in Berlin. The ...
Business Insider8 年
A leading Egyptologist just announced new findings in King Tut's tomb 'could be the ...
Nefertiti was one of the wives of Tutankhamun's father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. El-Damaty said it was too early to tell what the metal and organic material could be, saying only that he thinks the ...
National Geographic news4 年
Meet King Tut’s Father, Egypt’s First Revolutionary
The king has been portrayed as a proto-Christian ... and they began to portray Akhenaten and his queen, Nefertiti, in unusually natural and intimate poses. Often the royal couple would be shown ...