History ReferencedBy / NefertitiBust

* ''Manga/RedRiver1995'': The bust of Nefertiti only has one eye because the eye was made out of a piece of jewelry that had sentimental value to Nefertiti, and there was only enough material for one eye. When the sculptor points this out, Nefertiti replies "Who cares? It's just a bust, it's not like it's very valuable anyway."

* ''Film/NefertitiQueenOfTheNile'': After being married off to Amenophis IV despite her romance with the sculptor Tumos, Nefertiti and Tumos get to meet again when he is selected to make a sculpture of the queen. This sculpture is the Nefertiti bust and its production takes from halfway in the story to the end, being finished in time to be part of the scenery during the climactic battle.

* ''Series/AncientAliens'': A 2019 promo starts in a museum room occupied only by the Nefertiti bust. As the camera approaches, it cracks open to reveal an [[AlienTropes alien]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E9TheLastTractionHero The Last Traction Hero]]", Homer discovers some sort of torture chamber with a WickedCultured flair in what is supposed to be Burns's bathroom. One curiosity present is the Nefertiti bust (or a replica). Homer leaves and does not ask questions.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E9TheLastTractionHero The Last Traction Hero]]" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer discovers some sort of torture chamber with a WickedCultured flair in what is supposed to be Burns's bathroom. One curiosity present is the Nefertiti bust (or a replica). Homer leaves and does not ask questions.

* ''Manga/RedRiver1995'': the bust of Nefertiti only has one eye because the eye was made out of a piece of jewelry that had sentimental value to Nefertiti, and there was only enough material for one eye. When the sculptor points this out, Nefertiti replies "Who cares? It's just a bust, it's not like it's very valuable anyway."

* The mystic statue of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'', ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingHappyHomeDesigner'', and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' is the Nefertiti bust. It can be used for personal decoration and donated to the museum. In two of the aforementioned games, there are also forgeries to identify. In ''New Leaf'', the forgery has a round crown cap, while in ''New Horizons'' the forgery has one earring.

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* A promo for the ''Series/AncientAliens'' in 2019 starts in a museum room occupied only by the Nefertiti bust. As the camera approaches, it cracks open to reveal an [[AlienTropes alien]].
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* In ''Manga/RedRiver1995'', the bust of Nefertiti only has one eye because the eye was made out of a piece of jewelry that had sentimental value to Nefertiti, and there was only enough material for one eye. When the sculptor points this out, Nefertiti replies "Who cares? It's just a bust, it's not like it's very valuable anyway."
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* A replica of the Nefertiti bust found in an antique store is what inspires three children to start the titular Egypt Game in ''Literature/TheEgyptGame''. The fourth member to join the game, Elizabeth, is invited because the other three think she resembles the bust.
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* In the TV special ''Color Me Barbra'', Music/BarbraStreisand dresses up as Nefertiti as per the look of the bust (so without uraeus and strips) during the song "Where Or When". As she walks around, she passes by a copy of the Nefertiti bust.
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* In the ''The Curse of the Pharaohs'' [=DLC=] of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'', an undamaged version of the Nefertiti bust is found in the queen's tomb.
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* In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E9TheLastTractionHero The Last Traction Hero]]" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer discovers some sort of torture chamber with a WickedCultured flair in what is supposed to be Burns's bathroom. One curiosity present is the Nefertiti bust (or a replica). Homer leaves and does not ask questions.
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In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E9TheLastTractionHero The Last Traction Hero]]" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer discovers some sort of torture chamber with a WickedCultured flair in what is supposed to be Burns's bathroom. One curiosity present is the Nefertiti bust (or a replica). Homer leaves and does not ask questions.

* In ''Manga/AnatoliaStory'', the bust of Nefertiti only has one eye because the eye was made out of a piece of jewelry that had sentimental value to Nefertiti, and there was only enough material for one eye. When the sculptor points this out, Nefertiti replies "Who cares? It's just a bust, it's not like it's very valuable anyway."

In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E9TheLastTractionHero The Last Traction Hero]]" of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer discovers some sort of torture chamber with a WickedCultured flair in what is supposed to be Burns's bathroom. One curiosity present is the Nefertiti bust (or a replica). Homes leaves and does not ask questions.