Nefertiti's face : the creation of an icon /
Little is known about the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, yet she is one of the most famous women who ever lived. Her face adorns modern artifacts all over the world, thanks to just one object: the lovely, mysterious Nefertiti bust created by Thutmose. Joyce Tyldesley tells the fascinating story of one of...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2018. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Summary: | Little is known about the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, yet she is one of the most famous women who ever lived. Her face adorns modern artifacts all over the world, thanks to just one object: the lovely, mysterious Nefertiti bust created by Thutmose. Joyce Tyldesley tells the fascinating story of one of the world's most treasured artifacts. Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means "a beautiful woman has come." She was the wife of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who ushered in the dramatic Amarna Age, and she bore him at least six children. She played a prominent role in political and religious affairs, but after Akhenaten's death she apparently vanished and was soon forgotten. |
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Item Description: | Print version record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780674919563 0674919564 9780674919549 0674919548 |
Author Notes: | Joyce Tyldesley is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester. |