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ON THE COVER: Nefertity—a prototype for all time of exquisite female beauty. Discovered in the early 20th century at Tell el-Amarna, this portrait head of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s queen was an Egyptian artier’s workshop model. Additional details explaining her one-eyed gaze appear in “Nefertity—‘Exquisite Beauty of the Sun-Disc.’” To learn about the political adventures of the sculpture, see “Tell el-Amarna Conference Grueling But Stimulating,” and to examine the religious beliefs of Nefertity’s enigmatic husband Akhenaten, see “The Monotheism of the Heretic Pharaoh.”