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 lotus flower and a pearl necklace around her neck. Nefertari stands in front of Thoth god of writing and on a pedestal are writing implements and an object in the form of a frog.
