Why Nefertiti's Bust Was Changed — The Truth Is More Disturbing Than We Thought

For over a century, the world believed the bust of Queen Nefertiti to be one of the most famous portraits of ancient Egypt. A symbol of beauty, power, and immortality. But when experts subjected this famous statue to modern CT scans, they discovered something unexpected. Beneath the face the world knew were many different versions of the same woman, altered and replaced numerous times before the statue was completed. And it seems these changes were not random. Why was Nefertiti's image altered so many times? Let's discover the story of the most powerful woman in ancient Egypt, and how her image was controlled for over 3,000 years.