The Bust of Nefertiti is the painted limestone portrait of the Egyptian queen discovered at Amarna in 1912.
The sculpture was found in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose at Akhetaten, the capital built by Nefertiti’s husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten. It is usually dated to about 1345 BCE and is made from limestone covered with painted stucco.
The bust is especially recognizable for its blue crown, elegant facial proportions, and missing left eye. The absent eye may reflect an unfinished stage, damage, or an issue involving the inlay; historians do not treat it as proof that Nefertiti was blind. The sculpture is held by the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, where it became one of the best-known surviving images of ancient Egypt.