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It says "When the bust was first discovered, no piece of quartz to represent the iris of the left eyeball was present, as in the other eye, and none was found despite an intensive search and a then significant reward of £5 being put up for information regarding its whereabouts.[29]" £5 doesn't seem a "significant" reward. Maybe the £5 is a typo? There is no way to check on the link provided. Anyone can provide another source? Maybe should remove the word significant? Using http://inflation.stephenmorley.org/ to calculate £5 from 1912 to current rate is says it is £530, which still doesn't sound "significant" for a historic quartz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:140:8000:D84F:7DD9:A689:3C50:ACB9 (talk) 22:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
There is a lot on the history, but little on the art history here. Johnbod (talk) 01:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
please explain WHY the statue was made in the this section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.198.227 (talk) 03:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Although the translation (German Oriental Company/Society) is right, the institution (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG)) is not correct. It was the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG), of which one of the founders was James Simon himself, the lone sponsor of the Amarna excavation in 1912/13. The DOG was established in Berlin, as the DMG was in Leipzig. The DOG is still in Berlin.
You may find some more information about the DOG here:
Background is a brief paragraph about who Nefertiti was. It was added so that the reader need not claim on the Nefertiti link. --Redtigerxyz Talk 12:47, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
There is confusion when the bust was first displayed, some sources say 1923, some 1924. 1924 is now used in the article. I am confused. Some someone find reliable references? --Redtigerxyz Talk 15:16, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Are there any photos of this that could be added? I think it would really add to the article to demonstate how it was displayed in this.RafikiSykes (talk) 05:22, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Nofretete Neues Museum.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on May 5, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-05-05. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 20:49, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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This article says nothing about how the bust was identified as that of Nefertiti. Surely Thutmose didn't scrawl her name on the bottom with a stick of charcoal? She certainly resembles the image in the "household altar" photograph attached to the article, but was this carving known when the bust was discovered? Likewise, were the wall paintings depicting Nefertiti known at the time? Is there a specific cartouche on the bust that translates to her name? Was papyri found in Thutmose's workshop listing his works? Was the identification made by an assessment of clues rather than specific, irrefutable information, and therefore subject to change? I'm curious how a 3,500 year old bust was known so conclusively to have been of that specific queen. Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 16:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
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Add see also List_of_rock_formations_that_resemble_human_beings#Taiwan. Jidanni (talk) 12:05, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
There is a fairly ong article on the bust: https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-enigmatic-nefertiti-came-to-be-locked-away-in-germany?utm_source=pocket-newtab . 164.47.187.32 (talk) 18:14, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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