Nefertiti

Nef·er·ti·ti

(nĕf′ər-tē′tē) 14th century bc.

Queen of Egypt as the wife of Akhenaten. A famous sculpture of her head and shoulders was discovered in 1912.

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Nefertiti

(ˌnɛfəˈtiːtɪ) or

Nofretete

(Biography) 14th century bc, Egyptian queen; wife of Akhenaton

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Nef•er•ti•ti

(ˌnɛf ərˈti ti)

also Nef•re•te•te

(ˌnɛf rɪ-)

n.

fl. early 14th century b.c., Egyptian queen: wife of Akhenaton.

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The alluring charm of ancient queen Nefertiti always captured the Egyptians' hearts, and has been featured numerous times in various art works, yet having her face sculptured by iron scraps was a new method of documenting the queen's beautiful face.

Turning iron scrap into enchanting sculptures

Hawass announced that the project is tailor made to search for the mummies of Queen Nefertiti and Ankhesenamun, the wife of Tutankhamun, using DNA analysis and Computed Tomography (CT) scans.

National project to study royal mummies to kick off next month

Nicholas Reeves of the University of Arizona believed he had found the final resting place of Queen Nefertiti.

No secret chamber in King Tut's tomb, after all

One theory suggested it could have been the tomb of Queen Nefertiti - who some think was Tutankhamun's mother.

Tutankhamun 'secret chamber' does not exist, researchers find

Experts have been divided over the existence of a concealed room behind the tomb, which some believe could be the final resting place of the lost Queen, Nefertiti.

Tutankhamun's 'secret chamber' declared NOT to exist after painstaking research fails to find any evidence of hidden rooms; Experts have been divided over the existence of a concealed chamber behind the walls of the ancient King's tomb - which some believed was the final resting place of Queen Nefertiti

It explains how images of Egyptian queen Nefertiti became so popular, and gives the history of the Nefertiti bust, created by Egyptian sculptor Thutmose in the Bronze Age and now located in the Neues Museum in Berlin.

Nefertiti's Face: The Creation of an Icon

The bust of Queen Nefertiti on display in the Neues Museum in Berlin.

Skin color deemed 'too fair' in 3D reconstruction of Egypt's Queen Nefertiti

Nefertiti, a pulp fiction mystery introducing Archer "Ace" Hart, the best PI in Los Angeles City; Freedom, a story about two men in prison and a metaphysical journey; Blade, life as lived from the perspective of a blade of grass; and Choices, a story about a young woman who must make a difficult choice and the life she lived as a result of the choice she made."

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* Two types of achromatic 3D effects of the sculpture of Nefertiti;

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"The other thing they look for is the 'Nefertiti jaw' where you shape the jaw like Nefertiti," an Ancient Egyptian Queen with a slender face and renowned for her beauty."