http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/09/19/2010-09-19_new_research_shows_egyptian_beauty_nefertiti_may_not_be_a_beauty_after_all.html
In this article we find yet another story of the dispute over whether or not Neferititi was as beautiful as historians have made her to be. Neferititi's name means, "A beautiful woman has come" and yet as the article goes on, it tells us of proof that might dispute that. Recently reasearchers have found that the famous bust of Neferititi might be hiding things when a CT scan was done over it. Underneath it showed that she had wrinkles under her eyes and a bent nose.I don't know that I agree that Neferititi wasn't just as beautiful as she was said to be. What exactly was beauty back then though compared to now in her area of the world? There is no way for sure that we can say that at the time she was not considered beautiful because at the time things like wrinkles and crooked noses could have been atractive. It even states in the article that Cleopatra was shown as having a crooked nose on a coin and she is also considered a beauty of her time. The other thing is that maybe she wasn't considered beautiful for her outter features. Maybe she had a beautiful heart and soul that many people praised her for being. It's just hard to say whether or not Neferititi was as beautiful as she is said to be because what we consider beauty today isn't neccisarily what beauty was then.
Very interesting how shallow the article is being. Sometimes people are beautiful despite their flaws, it's likely that Nefertiti is no exception. No one's perfect, so it's weird that these historians seem to care so much. I like what you said about beauty on the inside as well, that adds a whole other level to who she might have been.
ReplyDeletehaha wow! This is so interesting, and displays the fact that we can't take things literally at face value! We talked in class how some of her features were created or manipulated to express a more beautiful version of the Queen such as the negative space in the form of a triangle at the base of her neck, and head piece. Beauty in every single culture is created and developing into a stylized icon, becoming something unattainable for the everyday girl. I also think your comment on inner beauty gives central light to who she might have been. It is interesting to think that maybe in order to praise her for her great inner beauty they sought that through an exterior facade.
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