#egyptian-antiquities

#egyptian-antiquities

She is an enduring global symbol of beauty, power and mystery who has fascinated Hitler, Beyonce and Arab Spring activists alike: Queen Nefertiti, whose name translates to "the beautiful one has come," is one of the most iconic figures of the ancient world. The Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten who radically transformed Egyptian religion by promoting the worship of the single sun god, Aten ruled more than 3,300 years ago.

At the time of Thutmose III, a lot of art was made and many images have been preserved, but this is clearly a monument that was made for a person of wealth, probably someone with influence, a high official," he says. "We see this in the way the image is made, in a style similar to images of kings, which says something about the access this person had to artists and to materials [like] the black granite that was used.