In 1922 British Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb. A flurry of international attention followed, and the image of Tut’s solid gold funerary mask was soon a global symbol of beauty, wealth and power. A year later the Nefertiti bust was put on display in Berlin, counterin...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Nefertiti Encyclopedia Wikipedia Nef·er·ti·ti (nĕf′ər-tē′tē)14th centurybc. Queen of Egypt as the wife of Akhenaten. A famous sculpture of her head and shoulders was discovered in 1912. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
Nefertiti, queen of Egypt and wife of King Akhenaton, who played a prominent role in the cult of the sun god known as the Aton. Nefertiti became one of the most recognizable female figures from the ancient world after a portrait bust of her was found in