Ancient Arts

Whilst performing a CAT scan on a bust of Nefertiti, researchers uncovered what appears to be an ancient equivalent of Photoshopping. Resting below the queen’s bust was a second limestone representation of the ancient Egyptian queen.

“That statue is still very beautiful,” said TV historian Bettany Hughes to The Independent Woodstock Literary Festival, “but not as beautiful. It showed her nose was bent, and that she had wrinkles around her eyes. It’s a real portrait of a real woman.”

Nefertiti ruled over 3,000 years ago and is thought to have died between the ages of 29 and 38; her name means “the beautiful one has come.”