Nefertiti: Facial Reconstructions & History Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- Nefertiti has one of the most famous faces of the ancient world. Her bust has fascinated millions and inspired a love of Egyptology and Egyptian history in many. What did Nefertiti do? What is her legacy? Do we have her mummy? Is the Berlin bust fake? Finally, what did she really look like? We will take a look at some facial reconstructions together.
Narration & Art: Becca Segovia
Writing, Editing & Music Direction: Andre Segovia
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Research Credit: Anna May Writing
Editing Credit: Jordan Segovia
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Nefertiti's Life and History
4:27 Nefertiti's Mummy?
5:03 Nefertiti's Ethnicity
6:07 Statues and Depictions of Nefertiti
8:28 The Berlin Bust
8:58 Is the Berlin Bust Authentic?
10:38 Statue Reconstructions
11:48 Closing
This video creation and final image are ©Royalty Now.
Research Sources:
J. Williamson, ‘Alone before the God: Gender, Status, and Nefertiti’s Image’, Journal of the
American Research Center in Egypt, 51 (2015), 179-192.
E. L. Ertman, ‘Nefertiti’s Eyes’, Archaeology, 61, 2 (2008), 28-32.
J. Sampson, ‘Nefertiti’s Regality’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 63 (1977), 88-97.
L. Taronas, ‘Nefertiti: Egyptian Wife, Mother, Queen and Icon’, American Research Center in
Egypt. Available online:
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K. Cooney, When women ruled the world: six Queens of Egypt’, (National Geographic Society’
Washington, 2018).
J. A. Tyldesley, Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen, (New York; Viking, 1999).
‘Hidden face in Nefertiti bust examined with CT scan’, ScienceDaily, 2009.
‘Your guide to Egypt’s sun queen, Nefertiti’, History Extra, (2021). Available online:
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Recreated jawline is a bit too square.
I appreciate that you shared your opinion on the Berlin Bust. That if it is a fake then it is a pretty d good one
I thought that I had seen this before. I believe you said you did an update? I am glad that I decided to watch anyway
I probably did see it. It is 2 years old
She was a beautiful woman when you see the Berlin Bust (whether or not it's fake) but your modern recreation of what she may look like if she was alive now is truly stunning.
The people of Africa in 1320 Egyptians where black. The kingdom was an The people were black no not tand .stop trying to make Africans white to fit in history. White people came black not the other way around
@@Paulsmith-wh1ee Egyptians were not black. Fact
@@laurencehutchinson8644 yeah a genetical fact... they were near easterners genetically...
@@maszkalman3676 genetic fact they were never black.
@@laurencehutchinson8644 true only the nubians were the only blacks back there who we would call black..
There's always the temptation to skip to the end bc i know it's gonna be good- but all the careful history storytelling is really what MAKES the reveal so much more. Another really cool portrait.
exactly
Gave you a like but still skipped to the end! 🤣
I visited Egypt in 2021 and went to the Temple of Nefertiti. Simply amazing how many depictions there are of her. Your history was on point. The recreations are stunning.
No queen in Egypt had a name like " the beautiful one has come forth", that is not coincidence She was indeed gorgeous.
If she indeed look anything like the sculptures of her you can see why they say she was the most beautiful woman in Egypt, your recreations only solidify that fact.
"They" the ancients don't say that. Only modern people say it. There is no mention of her looks anywhere in history from the time she lived. It's 19th people that were amazed at the beauty of the statue and that got exaggerated by the media, to this day. And since we can't see into the past to get a view of many Egyptian girls to see what they looked like, it's impossible to say Nefertiti was more beautiful than the rest.
@@Metal0sopher From a fee Egyptian girls ive seen they look pretty similar. Especially one i knew.
@@randomstuff1315 no they don't.
@@crocopix They absolutely do. I literally took a modern depiction of a modern Christian Egyptian and showed it to Afrocentrists and told them that its an ancient Egyptian statue and they all said that its 100% black. LOL.
@@randomstuff1315 sorry my bad, it wasn't intended for you.
I totally agree, I have a cousin who looks like her, Iraqi though.
I love how you really research your subject. My Grandfather wore many hats, he was a geologist, paleontologist, archeologist, genealogist, architect and held two other engineering degrees. He loved to study everything but his passion was researching the past, even when he was older and couldn’t travel he read all the papers and would explain what he was reading to me. We would have loved your videos. He used to say that the stylizations of the times was sometimes frustrating because they did not depict the true person as they were, but as a representation of style fads of the time. Thank you for having this channel.
Thank you so much. I totally agree, the stylizations kind of suck because you know you’re not seeing the “true” figure. But at the end of the day they are the closest thing we have to these people, and I love bringing them to life & making them feel closer to us!
Very nice
Wow! Your grandfather is such an inspiration! I plan to be only 2 out of that list. An archeologist and a geneologist.
those women looking nothing like nefertiti for she has more bone structure from her being skinny
If they ready did any research they would know that bust of Nefertiti is a fake and was made in the 20th century
Thank you for the video, as an Egyptian I can see that the first face recreation is more accurate and I was surprised as I found it so familiar to me as we have an Egyptian actress looks typically like it
, her name is Tayseer Fahmy, we also have another supper star called Sawsan Badr she looks typically like the statue 😍
Thank you for this information!
I think shermine shahrivar looks a lot like her. Claudia Lynx looks quite a bit like her as well. It’s those cheekbones and lips.
Interesting. I checked out those two and they're definitely beautiful women. To my eye Sawsan looks more like the statue head. Some photos of Tayseer look similar but more vague to me. Thanks for the post. Its so interesting how people today still look the same as people thousands of years ago.
@@Flynn943 specifically talking about her features, not the color of her skin.
@@Flynn943 she aint sub saharan...so stop dreaming...ancient egyptian always differentiate themself from sub sahran african, tghey even said it themselves in their own records adn always portrayed sub saharan african as darker and look totally different then them. Dont blame us, blamed the Ancient Egyptian because its them who told us that they are not sub saharan african,. Ancient Egyptian would look just like many native north African tribes today like the Berber or Amazigh or the coptic. NOT like sub saharan african.
Love that you've remained true to the Berlin bust. The quality is so high that there's no reason to think it might not be accurate. Others have deviated too far.
She really was perfection 😊
This for me is one of THE most beautiful of your recreations! Also the most realistic looking. It is stunning and I love to think she looked just like that. Fantastic work as always.
Fake A$$ reconstruction of a Beautiful Black Egyptian Queen, and the low esteem non Black folks are eating this FAKE $hit up like its a bowl of chocolate ice cream with white whipped cream on top with a red cherry in the middle...There is also a supposedly image of King Tut that has him looking like a "CLUBBED FOOT" half bald mixed race Arab, and one of Ramses and even Dark skin Thutmosis III that have them looking like old wrinkled up yellow chicken skin looking Iranian/Iraqi drunks .. All the statues show these people with THICK lips, broad noses, WOOLLY braided hair wigs, Frescoes with dark skin (not tan) ha ha ha, but recreations has to be of the NON BLACK mind who desires to make Black people not look like themselves..😂😂😂
Amazing. Loved the blue earrings on the first recreation shown. I remember learning that they would never be seen without each other in public. They would always be together to symbolize divine completion. Their existence together was needed for the world to exist. That is beyond powerful and beautiful when you think about it. Especially how it must have looked to the people 3,000 years ago.
On my first trip to egypt I assumed cleopatra was beautiful and several egyptologists told me she was not considered beautiful, but charasmatic and extremely clever. They all told me Nerfertiti was the epitomy of beauty for many egyptians. I was so excited when i saw art depicting her at the national museum because it was obvious she was absolutely stunning by any standard. Iknew my history from books but my visual references were mostly from movies. I learned my lesson.
What a wonderful channel this is. You really bring the characters from the past to life for us in a new way. Thank you!
Cleopatra was both charismatic and beautiful. I think modern historians tend to dismiss beauty of any important woman, becaus emodern politics put importance on "mind" and internal value instead of physical look, as if it was shameful to woman be both beautiful and clever 😒😒 It's not only Cleopatra, also Kosem Sultan and I bet many others.
Beauty depends on who the judge is, I cannot understand how some people think black people can be anywhere near attractive, I think that they are as ugly as sin, flat noses, fat lips, peppercorn hair, to me they are extremely unpleasant to even look at, yet some people, for some unfathomable reason, decide not only are they attractive, but there are whites who enter into relationships with them. So there isn’t a standard that is objective.
I absolutely love your videos. Both the history and the facial reconstructions are so engaging and interesting to watch. Thank you so much for your work.
Thank you so much!
I was always obsessed with her and always wanted to see what she could’ve looked like. It’s amazing to think how people would’ve looked in the ancient times
I think if you check an Egyptian actress by the name of sawsan badr resembles a lot the sculptures of Nefertiti
@@mikeminba7687 she looks nothing like her lmfao
@@Yeah--mn9qk she does look like her little bit
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I have been following your recreations for a while now. This Nefertiti smiling is defninately one of the most controversial and real versions so far. I see you got her ears right too which is what makes it the most real version of an ancient Egyptian too. I can allso see why people think she was Syrian or Persian - given the similarities with people from there - even today. But i also wanted to thank you for the well research history lessons while creating the best likeness you can based on all the information available. Keep up the great work! Regards, an old guy from Australia.
Whether authentic or a misidentified piece, the bust is truly a work of art, IMO.
Stunning, I love how you gave her a more Egyptian look and Egyptian coloring!!!
I find these comments so weird. What else would she be?? Her name is Nefertiti?!
Great job! Very elegant way of bringing history into contemporary presents! Looking forward seeing more of your projects.
LOVE all of these recreations. It's magnificent to see it all unfold. We don't know how they looked, so this is absolutely fascinating. Thanks!!
Glad that I was able to stumble upon this channel ☺️ Love the whole execution, narration, tone, and the 'reveals' are just an ultimate plus to what a great channel this already is ❤
This is such fantastic work you do. It's very neat to see what historical figures might really have looked like in person. Thanks so much!
Absolutely beautiful! This was so interesting. Thank you for sharing it with us. 🙌🏻
The recreation looks absolutely accurate. Wish the bump on her nose was left as it would have helped to probably see more of what she was like, but this really did bring her to life! She was very lovely!
You have done the most perfect recreation that I feel anyone could ever do1 It was like actually seeing her in person and finding her to be so very receptive with the smile, as well. Thank you! Am so glad it is on TH-cam and so many will get this opportunity to really see it as would have looked in real life!.
The construction of the bust is somewhat misunderstood.
The smooth exterior shows her younger appearance and the inner core is her image in older age.
As the bust deteriorates over centuries and possibly millennia, it will show her greater age by losing its exterior layers.
The process ultimately will expose her elder image as facial lines, bumps and saggy features of age gradually appear from under the plaster exterior.
Im egyptian and there is an Egyptian celebrity her name is sawsan badr and she looks very similar to nefertiti. Although i think nefertiti had more soft features compared to sawsan but both are beautiful women 😊
I checked, and her profile photo is def similar. But Sawsan's lips are more far away from the nose than Nefertiti's
Great research and even greater depiction of her image. Bringing her image to how she could look today was outstanding. You closed the gap on wondering how she might have looked. Can't wait to see more of your work!! Keep it up!!
I am wordless. Your work is so beautiful and mesmerizing. Thank you so much for the history too!
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words
Another spectacular job. Loved your mini-biography. It makes the reveal all the more exciting. She looked like a beautiful movie star.
Your recreations are the best that I have seen! Thank you!
Beauty makes the world go round. You did a spectacular job, as usual.
I really liked the third image you did !! She looked so beautiful 😭😭
I started with the amazing recreation of Cleopatra and now (finally, as She’s always been fascinating) Nefertiti. I love how we get some history too and then their pictures. Great work!
Stunning! I saw the real bust on exhibition and it was breathtaking as is your reconstruction. Great work.
Amazing!! And i looove the historial portion of your videos. They are super interedting, well made. You always do an amazing job with this videos!
Thank you! Shoutout to my husband the video editor too ❤️
I love what you do. To be honest, my heart jumped when the likeness smiled. Keep up the good work. I love history. I think I love it because it involves real people. I don't always like the turns it takes, but that because people are involved. By the way, your voice is ideal for narrating. Don't let anyone else do that for you.
Beautifully done!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 The research in your documentary AND your incredible art work. Well done!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
She was absolutely gorgeous. Bringing history back to life . I love it
It's nice to see her smile. What a gorgeous woman!
If she were alive today she would be crowned Miss Universe in a heartbeat
Or, be the HIGHEST Paid SUPERMODEL in History.
This very clever woman would be president of Egypte !
Maybe not, the Ms Universe competition is rigged.✌️
She wouldn't enter that degrading 'competition', walking around in a bathing suit and having people give her scores.
I'm just saying. She's beautiful
*Absolutely Breathtaking. Beautiful job. Wow...your research is flawless. Thank you*
You did a wonderful job displaying her with the little info that we can go by! I love your work! Thank You!
Brilliantly done. Very informative and enjoyable. Thank you.
I'd seen an archeology video describing how the bust was discovered in an artist's workshop with quite a number of similar, partly finished busts of her with exactly the same features. So, in addition to the penchant for more realistic portraits during Akhenaten's reign, the archeologist thought it likely that Nefertiti's appearance was at least very close to reality.
Absolutely Beautiful! Your recreations are fabulous! Well done!!!!
Beautiful work. Terrific video.
Nefertiti was truly a beautiful woman....and so are your recreations and art! : )
Beautiful recreation of Queen Nefertiti, not to mention the informative review of her life and role in ancient Egypt.
She was a real beauty, and your recreations are lovely. No wonder they spoke of her beauty as they did! I think the Berlin Bust is authentic too.
So beautiful! Great job as always 😀
Thank you. I was fortunate to have seen her at the Met many years ago. I have always felt The Bust is the real thing. Love your work! Thank you for posting!
I LOVE your channel. I study art history and you do amazing work.
Thank you so much, Sharon! I really appreciate the kind words.
I so enjoy these recreations and bios! Thanks so much!
Stunning beauty and so happy you have her smiling! This is what makes her come alive for me.
I absolutely admire the history research being showcased along with the bringing to life content !! Keep it up !!
Thank you! We will definitely keep them coming :)
It's really amazing to see how much you've improved as an artist over the last year and a half! The early 2020 one was gorgeous, but the new ones are spectacular!
Thank you so much, it’s one of my favorite things is revisiting these figures and seeing if I can make them better. I’m really proud of this one.
I always enjoy your recreations! You do an amazing job.
Your recreation is exquisite!!!!! I enjoyed the video immensely.
Absolutely gorgeous 💖 Great work
She’s beautiful! Thank you for the bookmarks, but the history is fascinating!
Amazing! You made her purely Egyptian and she looks amazing and authentic
Wow! You guys blew me away with this episode. The source material is gorgeous in and of itself but then when you put your spin on it, she looks like she could be alive right now and active in Egyptian government. She must've been a sight to see in real life. On a side note, I could not help but notice the passion in your voice in regard to this particular subject. I can tell that you took great care and utter respect when you did this recreation. I know you take great care with all of these but it seems this one held a special place in your heart. Keep making more of these videos. I love it!!!!
Wow!...... incredible recreation of her face. Truly a stunningly beautiful woman.
You make history come alive. Wow!
Stunning reconstruction!! Just beautiful!
Wow 🤩 this recreation is absolutely gorgeous.
Bravo! This was wonderful. The modern recreation of Queen Nefertiti at the end of the video literally took my breath away. Well done on the research, too. Fascinating!
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it :)
Yeah the results are beautiful. Except that picture doesn't resemble her at all she had wool hair. But they got her looking like someone from India????
@@ericwilliams7394 Wool hair? What are you talking about? She looked just like Coptic Egyptians do now because they are the same people. Except for a very brief 60 year period, ancient Egyptians were Caucasians, they were not black Negros.
@@snappingbear just one more thing and then I'll leave it alone because I'll only debate with my equals all others I teach the only reason Egyptians were considered Caucasians is because that picture of Jesus Christ they won the law to be considered Caucasians before that they were considered Asians. Egyptians were Caucasians that's the funniest s*** I heard in a while.
@@snappingbear ancient Egyptians were Caucasian???😂 y’all try to steal everything. It’s naturally impossible for the Caucasians to live in that climate via the sun!!! Y’all need to wake up And no the reality this is sad
Great work! Your narrating voice is really great as well.
Thank you!
Gorgeous and exotic! Thank you for combining the history with your re-creations.
I just stumbled across this. Amazing stuff, both the history and the recreations. I'll be diving into your previous posts. Many respects to you.
The smile really brings her to life. I like the first version too.
Beautiful bust; your recreations are stunning both in their execution and the beauty of Nefertiti. I particularly appreciate how meticulously you research your subjects. I have no doubt the research allows you to get to know your subjects in a way that influences your artistic interpretation of them. Congratulations on such wonderful results!
I just wanna say, I love this channel! 💕 Never get tired watching and rewatching. Someday, some random people will also be recreating 3D depictions of us from IG and Facebook photos.
The love she and her husband shared for each other is so beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️
I first saw the bust of Nefertiti in the mid-1960's. My Dad was stationed in West Germany, for a vacation we traveled to Berlin and East Berlin. I was enthralled with it as a little girl and I still am enthralled with its beauty.
I’ve always loved Nefertiti. I’ve worn a necklace of her since I was 16; I’m 55 now. Thanks for this video.
Amazing work, like always. Thank you.
Beautiful, amazingly well crafted.
Wow! I'm Egyptian, originally from upper egypt. I live in a European country and people here are overly faschinated with my face calling me princess/Cloepatra/ Nefertiti(which was totally new to me) coz her looks is kinda common in Egypt and i keep telling them there are hundreds of my face there :) How cool to see her strong and beautiful❣️
You're like a celebrity to your friends. 😎🇪🇬
Are you coptic or something?
And you are NOT the original inhabitant of her time. Also everyone knows that head figure of her is fabricated. The original inhabitants were Kushites; they now live in Sudan.
@@BrianKabonyo no based on her name I can assume she is muslim in old days most coptics converted to Islam some remained Christians
Not tand but dark brown that was the color
You do amazing work! Could you do Grace O'Malley? She's one of my favourite historical figures, and I'd love to see your recreation of her :)
Amazing reconstruction with a no nonsense history. Bravo!
Absolutely love your work! You have an amazing gift and i thank you for sharing your hard work with me.
THANK YOU for using your voice and not a AI one
I am really amazed by seeing these statues ..that how clearly you made them so realistic that feels a kind of closeness towards this "Queen Nafertiti" And how beautifully you portray them ...woman you are just amazing..I must say..
Thank you so much 🥰
@@RoyaltyNowStudios salma hayek has the same style...
Beautiful recreation, love it!
The best recreation so far!!! The most beautiful woman of the ancient world! Wow!
Love it . She is an icon of ancient beauty 😍
You present masterful histories on your subjects and your artistic recreations are just as compelling. You are very talented. Thank you so much for your diligence to both aspects. I can add very little to what you have done except this: Amal Alamuddin Clooney looks very similar to your depiction of a modern day Nefertiti.
Great video! Thanks for putting this together.
Wow! Your work is incredible!
Love the effort you put into giving a good background to all your historical figures! Thank you ! And totally LOVE this recreation; 100% someone you can meet on Egyptian streets today. GORGEOUS!🥰🥰🥰
Thank you! I think so too. She is drop dead gorgeous.
Marius bond, I didn’t mention anything about Arabs or Turks! Egypt is still full of EGYPTIAN people. Proven by genetics and DNA. I would know; I’m both an Egyptian and an Egyptologist.
@@originsandcivilizations3983 no, the modern ones are Arabs and Turks lol
@@TheMaysoliman untrue.
Captured the Egyptian eyes great
I love your channel and your subjects. Thank you for sharing such interesting historical information!
I would absolutely love to see Queen Nefertari brought to life. They say she was renowned for her beauty. I really enjoy your channel!
You know, Christmas is coming up so I was thinking could you please make a Charles Dickens one? Also, your art is truly beautiful. Keep it up!
I am egyptian
the aqueen looks like my cousin
So beautiful like her❤
Wow! Same face
Your blessed
You did an amazing job ❤
Wonderfully done! Thank you for all of these!
Queen Nefertiti was a stunningly beautiful woman. I love these recreations because I have difficultly imagining what the person looked like from a one dimensional portrait, or even a sculpture. I should have had an idea that she was a great beauty from the beautiful eye shape and high cheekbones. You really breathed life into this sculpture!
Thanks for an objective overview of the subject and conceding the probability of the images being highly stylized and/or flattering. That being said, your recreations are brilliant and if alive today she'd be a shoe-in for Miss Egypt and maybe even Miss Universe though they rarely select anyone from the Eastern Hemisphere.
You've truly done an amazing depiction of tge beautiful queen Nefertiti,! Awesome job. I'm a big fan! Thanks so much for your work.
You do not add to her beauty but also you don’t take away from it either the wonderment of your work is without words how truly amazing I can go on please ,these I believe are truly amazing depictions deserve the utmost praise, thank you .