Egypt
- More Re Face Beneath The Face Of Nefertiti
The Independent (Andrew Johnson) Her name is synonymous with beauty; and unlike history's other renowned women, such as Helen of Troy, we don't have to take the classical historians' word for it. Nefertiti's reputation rests on hard evidence...
- More Re Wrinkles Found On The Nefertiti Bust
Expatica Maybe wrinkles are not so bad after all, some German scientists have discovered. In ancient times, such laugh lines and wrinkles around the mouth improved the face of Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen acclaimed as the world's most beautiful woman....
- Nefertiti Had Wrinkles
EUX.tv Wrinkles improved the face of Nefertiti, the pharaonic Egyptian queen acclaimed as the world's most beautiful woman, German scientists have discovered. The 3,000-year-old bust of Nefertiti is the greatest treasure at Berlin's Altes Museum....
- German Curatorship Of Nefertiti
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,482217,00.htmlThis article repeats the same story, but adds a section about Germany's curatorship of the Nefertiti bust: German authorities insist their ownership of Nefertiti is irreproachable --...
- Tomb Of Nefertiti's Sculptor
From the Harvard Gazette comes this article on a tomb at Saqqara discovered in 1996 by Egyptologists Alain Zivie who believes it to be the tomb of the sculptor of the famous and much quarreled over bust of Nefertiti (?), in Berlin's Neues Museum.I...
Egypt
New view of Nefertiti bust
http://news.sawf.org/Lifestyle/20224.aspx
"Discovered in 1912 at Tel-El-Amarna in what used to be the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose, the bust – depicting a woman with a long neck, elegantly arched brows, high cheekbones, a slender nose and an enigmatic smile played about red lips, has become the international symbol of beauty.
However, a new examination of the famous bust has revealed visible wrinkles running down her slender neck, and puffy bags circling, leading experts to now believe that Nefertiti was an aging beauty.
Dietrich Wildung, director of Berlin's Egyptian museum, who is part of the investigation, revealed that signs of aging had been discovered when he considered using a different kind of lighting to display the bust at Berlin’s Altes Museum."
"Discovered in 1912 at Tel-El-Amarna in what used to be the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose, the bust – depicting a woman with a long neck, elegantly arched brows, high cheekbones, a slender nose and an enigmatic smile played about red lips, has become the international symbol of beauty.
However, a new examination of the famous bust has revealed visible wrinkles running down her slender neck, and puffy bags circling, leading experts to now believe that Nefertiti was an aging beauty.
Dietrich Wildung, director of Berlin's Egyptian museum, who is part of the investigation, revealed that signs of aging had been discovered when he considered using a different kind of lighting to display the bust at Berlin’s Altes Museum."
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- More Re Face Beneath The Face Of Nefertiti
The Independent (Andrew Johnson) Her name is synonymous with beauty; and unlike history's other renowned women, such as Helen of Troy, we don't have to take the classical historians' word for it. Nefertiti's reputation rests on hard evidence...
- More Re Wrinkles Found On The Nefertiti Bust
Expatica Maybe wrinkles are not so bad after all, some German scientists have discovered. In ancient times, such laugh lines and wrinkles around the mouth improved the face of Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen acclaimed as the world's most beautiful woman....
- Nefertiti Had Wrinkles
EUX.tv Wrinkles improved the face of Nefertiti, the pharaonic Egyptian queen acclaimed as the world's most beautiful woman, German scientists have discovered. The 3,000-year-old bust of Nefertiti is the greatest treasure at Berlin's Altes Museum....
- German Curatorship Of Nefertiti
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,482217,00.htmlThis article repeats the same story, but adds a section about Germany's curatorship of the Nefertiti bust: German authorities insist their ownership of Nefertiti is irreproachable --...
- Tomb Of Nefertiti's Sculptor
From the Harvard Gazette comes this article on a tomb at Saqqara discovered in 1996 by Egyptologists Alain Zivie who believes it to be the tomb of the sculptor of the famous and much quarreled over bust of Nefertiti (?), in Berlin's Neues Museum.I...