Nefertiti's Face - The Creation of an Icon

Little is known about the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, yet she is one of the most famous women who ever lived. Her face adorns modern artifacts all over the world, thanks to just one object: the lovely, mysterious Nefertiti bust created by Thutmose. Joyce Tyldesley tells the fascinating story of one of the world's most treasured artifacts.

About the author

Joyce Tyldesley is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Tyldesley, Tyldesley Joyce
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780674983755
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98375-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historiography, ART / African, Historiography, History of Art, History of art: pre-history, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Carvings: artworks, Carvings, masks, reliefs, Prehistoric styles