3D Remake Of Ancient Egyptian Queen, Nefertiti Ignites Racial Debate

It’s clear that social media is not here for the new bust of the most iconic queen in the history of Egypt. The 3d reconstruction of the 3,400-year-old Queen Nefertiti’s mummy by scientists from the University of Bristol.

Queen Nefertiti may have been the mother of King Tutankhamun. She ruled alongside her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1332–1323 BC and history suggest she took over the reign after his demise.

Watch the video of the remade face of Queen Nefertiti below:

It took over 500 hours for the reconstruction of the Nefertiti’s face according to paleoartist Elisabeth Daynès – who previously worked on King Tutankhamun’s remake.

Many people took their argument from the point that the image that was shown looks more white, which does not delineate appearance of the queen, believed to be darker.

People on social media stared their own debate around her look:

https://twitter.com/xodes/status/960999002077581312

@TODAYshow
( Queen Nefertiti)
Herodotus stated clearly that the Egyptians were dark skinned with wooly hair. The Egyptians depicted themselves as brown and dark skinned. They share a common ancestor with the Ethiopians. They called their land "Kemet" or the land of the blacks pic.twitter.com/78k0vmw1ub

— Michael Crump (@CrumpMrcmusic) February 7, 2018

The #TODAYshow really had the audacity to make Queen Nefertiti look like a white woman. pic.twitter.com/pplyfNFXQQ

— Blair Cornelia-Petty Waldorf (@BabyfaceTatz) February 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/ArielkeK/status/961336071454896134

The fair skin tone used in the facial reconstruction of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is causing some backlash https://t.co/t66ZSMM196 pic.twitter.com/DFZqxl4fbl

— CNN (@CNN) February 13, 2018

Herodotus stated clearly that the Egyptians were dark skinned with wooly hair. The Egyptians depicted themselves as brown and dark skinned. They share a common ancestor with the Ethiopians. They called their land "Kemet" or the land of the blacks. pic.twitter.com/EDOwbfVEF7

— Michael Crump (@CrumpMrcmusic) February 7, 2018

Cool so we just gonna rewrite history like we don’t have the facts?
So we jus appropriate ancient Egypt?
So we gonna pretend like they had sunblock with SPF1000 in the desert?
So Nefertiti was a white woman?
So that’s what we’re doing? pic.twitter.com/lVlHLTZLQu

— MOS GEN (@MosGenThePoet) February 6, 2018

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