Aidan Dodson on Egypt’s sun queen, Nefertiti

“Until fairly recently, Nefertiti has been regarded pretty much as a cypher. The beautiful bust of her found in 1912 has meant that she’s been seen as a kind of international glamour puss rather than an actual person with thoughts and influence. It hasn’t been until the last few years that we’ve started to realise there was rather more to Nefertiti and show that her career went beyond being simply a king’s wife.”