Face Beneath a Face
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Face Beneath a Face
The bust of Nefertiti is shown. Researchers in Germany used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt's most treasured artworks -- the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. The differences between the faces, though slight -- creases at the corners of the mouth, a bump on the nose of the stone version -- suggest that someone expressly ordered the adjustments between stone and stucco when royal sculptors immortalized the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten 3,300 years ago. | Discovery News Video

 
 
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