The discovery of an unfinished bust in the sandstone and partly decorated was among the most surprising of the last century. It was the splendid face of Nefertiti, an Egyptian queen wife of the pharaoh Ekhnaton belonging to the XVIII dynasty. the work, found in the abandoned workshop of an ancient sculptor, depicts the queen in all her beauty. Nefertiti disappeared from the chronicles under mysterious circumstances and archaeologists have not yet identified her mummy with certainty. In death, as well as in life, the Queen remains a mysterious and controversial figure.