The genesis of the global fascination can be traced back to the discovery of the Nefertiti bust. Made 3,300 years ago from limestone, the bust was discovered in Amarna, Egypt, by German ...

In the bust, Nefertiti is seen wearing a wide collar and a flat-topped crown with a golden band and uraeus (a headdress featuring a sacred serpent), decorated in greens, yellows, browns and blues.

The book - Nefertiti's Face: the Creation of an Icon, published by Profile Books next week (25 January) – tells the story of the famous sculpture from its creation to its display today in Berlin. The ...