The Nefertiti Bust is a sculpture of an Egyptian queen, Queen Nefertiti. She was renowned for her beauty and had ruled alongside her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, during the mid-1300s B.C. Nefertiti, the name that means "a beautiful woman has come", belongs to the queen of Egypt during the 14th century B.C. She and her husband established the cult of Aten, the sun god, the only one worthy of worship in Egypt's polytheistic canon.

The bust of Nefertiti is one of the most iconic symbols of Egypt and is said to be created around 1340 B.C. by the court sculptor Thutmose. The sculpture was made up by limestone, gypsum, crystal and wax. It is initially made of limestone which is then covered with modelled gypsum. The eye is inlayed with crystal and the pupil attached with black coloured wax. The second eye-inlay was never carried out.

The Nefertiti Bust showed elegance and beauty of the Nefertiti, and also depicted the power she had on the Egyptian people back then. She was perhaps one of the most powerful women ever to have ruled. Her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, went to great lengths to display her as an equal. In several reliefs, Nefertiti is even shown wearing the crown of a pharaoh or smiting her enemies in battle.

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Room 2.10: Bust of Queen Nefertiti. (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2017, from http://www.egyptian-museum-berlin.com/c53.php