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Nefertiti (/ ˌ n ɛ f ər ˈ t iː t i / [3]) (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten.Nefertiti and her husband were known for their radical overhaul of state religious policy, in which they promoted the earliest known form of monotheism, Atenism, centered on the sun disc and its direct connection to the royal household.
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The Nefertiti Bust is a painted stucco-coated limestone bust of Nefertiti, ... images from ancient Egypt", and the star exhibit used to market Berlin's museums. [37]
The Stela of Akhenaten and his family is the name for an altar image in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo which depicts the Pharaoh Akhenaten, his queen Nefertiti, and their three children. The limestone stela with the inventory number JE 44865 is 43.5 × 39 cm in size and was discovered by Ludwig Borchardt in Haoue Q 47 at Tell-el Amarna in 1912. [ 1 ]
The Standing Figure of Nefertiti is a limestone sculpture of Queen Nefertiti, dating from the year 1350 BC. It is in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin . The queen's depiction is typical of the early Amarna Period .
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Lady of the Two Lands refers to Nefertiti, the queen of Akhenaten. A queen image in a tomb is rare in Egyptian tomb art yet Nefertiti has large images with different crowns behind the King throughout all the Amarna tombs. However, this elevation of Tenra, a non-royal woman in full-size depiction is unique to all the other Amarna tombs.
Bust of Nefertiti; c. 1345 BC; limestone and plaster; height: 48 cm, width: 20 cm; Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany. A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is ...