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Nefertiti Bust May Be Ancient 'Makeover'

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(Newser) – Nefertiti’s image as a flawless beauty of antiquity may not be entirely accurate, Reuters reports. New computer scans reveal a slightly different face at the core layer of the Egyptian queen’s famous 3,300-year-old bust than the finely chiseled planes of the statue’s surface—one with a bumpy nose, less striking eye and cheekbone structure, and wrinkles around the mouth.

"It is possible that the bust of Nefertiti was commissioned” by her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten, “to represent Nefertiti according to his personal perception," said the lead researcher on the team that produced the new scans.

Berlin's Neues Museum is finally ready to welcome back a famed bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, more than 60 years after World War II bombing left much of the building in ruins.
Berlin's Neues Museum is finally ready to welcome back a famed bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, more than 60 years after World War II bombing left much of the building in ruins.   (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Zahi Hawass, general secretary of the Superior Council of Antiquities of the Egyptian government. Hawass has said he will fight for the return of a bust of Nefertiti now in a Berlin museum.
Zahi Hawass, general secretary of the Superior Council of Antiquities of the Egyptian government. Hawass has said he will fight for the return of a bust of Nefertiti now in a Berlin museum.   (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
A Bonhams auction house employee poses for photographs beside an Egyptian Amarna style stone head of Egyptian queen Nefertiti during a presentation to the media, in London, Monday Jan. 21, 2008.
A Bonhams auction house employee poses for photographs beside an Egyptian Amarna style stone head of Egyptian queen Nefertiti during a presentation to the media, in London, Monday Jan. 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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