said Dr. Elka Stevens, an associate professor of visual culture and studio art at Howard ... the shape of the queen’s headdress; Aretha Franklin also wore “Nefertiti head wraps”.

This is the face of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, stunningly reconstructed by modern science from a badly-damaged mummy. It answers one of the most beguiling mysteries of the ages - were her looks ...

The book - Nefertiti's Face: the Creation of an Icon, published by Profile Books next week (25 January) – tells the story of the famous sculpture from its creation to its display today in Berlin. The ...