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Detail of Queen Nefertari

Detail of Queen Nefertari. The queen is dressed in a long semi-transparent tunic, knotted in the middle by a red ribbon. On her head she wears the Nekhbet headdress, exclusive to royal women and goddesses, consisting of the Nekhbet vulture clutching the shenu symbol of eternity, a golden crown for the great wives of the pharaohs and surmounted by two long golden feathers in the middle of which is a small sun disk. The queen also wears gold earrings in the shape of a cobra. Around her neck is a pearl necklace.

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