Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Face found under Nefertiti bust [PICTURES]

The differences between the faces, though slight — creases at the corners of the mouth, a bump on the nose of the stone version suggest that someone expressly ordered the adjustments between stone and stucco when royal sculptors immortalized the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten 3,300 years ago.

NVDL: Get rid of that wrinkle. If I'm going to be immortalised I don't want to be immortalised with wrinkles. And get rid of that friggin' bump on my nose. Do you want them to think I'm a witch, asshole?
clipped from news.yahoo.com
In this undated photo composite released Tuesday, March 31, ...

In this March 27, 2009 file picture, the Nefertiti bust is seen displayed in Berlin. Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt's most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces.

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