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Nefertiti is the oldest woman I’ve ever looked at and thought, “Wow, she’s really hot!” (And by “oldest” I mean “most ancient in the chronology of human existence,” not “oldest in terms of birthdays had.” Going by the second definition, I think the hottest-oldest would probably be Helen Mirren.) Call me a body-negative asshole, but I just don’t find the Venus of Willendorf attractive. Granted, if I were a starving hairy Austrian caveman, I’m sure I would be all over her decadent well-fed fertility, but since I’m not, I’m not.
Fun fact: According to a scholar mentioned in the Holy Book of Wikipedia, the Venus of Willendorf is possibly connected “with a mushroom cult, based on visual similarities between the figurine and typical young Amanita muscaria mushrooms, a natural psychotrope.” Can you really blame me for favoring a charismatic god-empress who shared unprecedented power with her husband, over someone who was designed to look like a magical fungus?
Second fun fact: This isn’t even the first Tumblr post in which I’ve praised Nefertiti’s hottness! You are hereby invited to travel down memory lane to one of my favorite posts on The Smoldering Screen…
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