Nefertiti, chief wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten, wears her tall blue cap crown with a gold diadem band and a broad floral collar. The bust was found in 1912 in the Amarna workshop of the sculptor Thutmose and may have served as a model for other portraits. Egypt has sought its return since 1924, arguing that it left the country improperly.
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Only the right eye has its quartz inlay; the left socket is bare limestone. CT scans revealed a subtly wrinkled face carved in the stone core beneath the smooth stucco.
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