Queen Nefertiti

Nefertiti was the queen-consort of the controversial Egyptian king AKHENATEN (r. 1380-1362 BC) of the 18th dynasty. She appears to have lost favor with her husband after the 14th year of his reign. A famous bust of Nefertiti, dating from c.1363-1343 BC and made of painted limestone, is now in the Staatliche Museum, Berlin. It is a masterpiece of the new, naturalistic style in Egyptian art of the Amarna period. The Cairo Museum contains an unfinished quartzite head of the same period; it is also believed to represent Nefertiti.