NEFERTITI IS FAMOUS FOR BEING A FABULOUS FEMALE PHARAOH OF EGYPT. DURING HER REIGN, SHE TRADED WITH THE LAND OF PUNT, REBUILT MANY OLD RUINOUS TEMPLES, AND THERE WAS A TIME OF PEACE DURING HER REIGN.
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Nefertiti (pronounced at the time something like *nafratiːta) (c. 1370 BC – c. 1330 BC) was the Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were know...
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Nefertiti's famous bust is also thought to have been created around this year. ... She was made famous by her bust, now in Berlin's Egyptian Museum. The bust was attributed to the sculptor Djhutmose, and was found in his workshop at Amarna.
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She was made famous by her bust, now in Berlin's Egyptian Museum. The bust was attributed to the sculptor Djhutmose, and was found in his workshop at Amarna. ... Nefertiti's famous bust is also thought to have been created around this year.
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Akhenaten's chief wife was Nefertiti, made world-famous by the discovery of her exquisitely moulded and painted bust, now displayed in the Altes Museum of Berlin, and among the most recognised works of art surviving from the ancient world.
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A bust of Nefertiti, on display at Berlin's Altes Museum, may be a fake, art historians say. (Herbert Knosowski/Associated Press) ... He suggests it was made by an artist named Gerardt Marks on the orders of German archeologist Ludwig Borchardt, who is credited with digging it out of the banks of the Nile south of Cairo...
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Recommended books and videos to learn more about Egypt's Nefertiti, whose image of classical beauty is one of the most famous artifacts of history. ... I've listed here some books and videos about Nefertiti, one of history's most famous women in part because of her haunting image in a bust found at Amarna in 1912.
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Nefertiti is perhaps one of the best known queens of Egypt who is depicted in more sculpture and artwork than even the King Akhenaten. Her beauty has captivated many artists, and is best portrayed in the famous bust shown above, found in the workshop of the sculptor named Thutmose.
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Long forgotten to history, Nefertiti was made famous when her bust was discovered in the ruins of an artist's shop in Amarna in 1912, now in Berlin's Altes Museum, shown to the right. The bust is one of the most copied works of ancient Egypt.
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Egypt may renew its official demand for the return of the famous Nefertiti bust after a newly-surfaced document claims German archaeologists tried to trick Egyptian experts about its importance in 1913. A chief archaeologist in Cairo is leading the charge.
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