thought to be one of the most beautiful women that ever lived by some.
now, over 3300 years later, it turns out she maybe didn't have quite that unwordly looks after all, but got a kind of "photoshop facelift":
http://www.physorg.com/news157728635.html
Compared to the outer stucco face, the inner face exhibited some differences: less depth in the corners of the eyelids, creases around the corner of the mouth and cheeks, less prominent cheekbones and a slight bump on the ridge of the nose.
Quote from: japanesebaby on April 06, 2009, 18:40:27
Compared to the outer stucco face, the inner face exhibited some differences: less depth in the corners of the eyelids, creases around the corner of the mouth and cheeks, less prominent cheekbones and a slight bump on the ridge of the nose.
Well there´s a good ad in the line of "Make up for Make up artists". :smth023
Funny, I've watched a lot of TV reports on ancient Egypt recently.
Even the whole story of that bust, its discovery, the various trips (kind of illegally brought to Germany according to Egyptian autorities, hidden during WWII...). It's indeed a beautiful piece of art (thought to be totally fake at some point !).
Maybe I should add that the bust itself represented an aged Nefertiti. That was something new. The artists from that specific era (religious/artistic revolution that failed in the end) were asked to represent things more realisticly. It was certainly not an idealized portrait as such. Well, maybe just a little bit then. :-D