A New Scan of Queen Nefertiti’s Bust Reveals Something Unexpected

#QueenNefertiti #NefertitiBust #AncientEgypt For more than a century, the beauty of Queen Nefertiti has been celebrated as an enduring symbol of ancient Egypt. Her flawless bust, resting quietly behind glass, has long been seen as a gateway into a golden age more than three thousand years in the past. But now, a CT scan has looked beneath the surface of that thirty three century old plaster and uncovered a startling truth. It reveals traces of violence, of betrayal, as though behind that unchanging beauty lies a scene that was never meant to be seen. What science has just uncovered is beginning to rewrite the entire story of Nefertiti.