Egypt
The 100th anniversary of the excavation at Tell el Amarna in 1912 and it's most important discovery, the bust of an unknown royal Amarna woman believed to be Queen Nefertiti. The Neues museum is celebrating the anniversary of their most famous lady.
The bust has been at the center of controversy ever since as Egyptian authorities believe it belongs in it's national museum in Cairo.
- Nefertiti Focus Of German Papers
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o140825d.htm "The reopening of Das Egyptische Museum und Papyrussamlung in Germany where the bust of Queen Nefertiti is exhibited was the focus of most German newspapers," reported the Middle East News Agency yesterday....
- Tomb Of Nefertiti's Sculptor
From the Harvard Gazette comes this article on a tomb at Saqqara discovered in 1996 by Egyptologists Alain Zivie who believes it to be the tomb of the sculptor of the famous and much quarreled over bust of Nefertiti (?), in Berlin's Neues Museum.I...
- A Star Like Nefertiti
The head of Egypt's antiquities service, Dr. Zahi Hawass has once again called on the folks in Germany to hand over the bust of Nefertiti found at tell El Amarna in 1912. According to Dr. Hawass he has paperwork to prove the bust was illegally smuggled...
- Artifacts From The (dog) Excavations Of Tell El Amarna
The 1912-1913 excavations on behalf of the German Oriental Society (DOG) at tell el Amarna brought to light a large collection of plaster masks and royal stone sculptures. The artist studio in which the sculpture were found was that of royal sculptor...
- Nefertiti's New Home
The famous bust of Nefertiti in the Altes museum in Berlin has now been moved to its new room in the recently restored Neues museum, the museum was badly damaged in WWII and has recently been restored at a cost of about $400 million. The bust has been...
Egypt
100 Years of Irritation
The 100th anniversary of the excavation at Tell el Amarna in 1912 and it's most important discovery, the bust of an unknown royal Amarna woman believed to be Queen Nefertiti. The Neues museum is celebrating the anniversary of their most famous lady.
The bust has been at the center of controversy ever since as Egyptian authorities believe it belongs in it's national museum in Cairo.
- Nefertiti Focus Of German Papers
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o140825d.htm "The reopening of Das Egyptische Museum und Papyrussamlung in Germany where the bust of Queen Nefertiti is exhibited was the focus of most German newspapers," reported the Middle East News Agency yesterday....
- Tomb Of Nefertiti's Sculptor
From the Harvard Gazette comes this article on a tomb at Saqqara discovered in 1996 by Egyptologists Alain Zivie who believes it to be the tomb of the sculptor of the famous and much quarreled over bust of Nefertiti (?), in Berlin's Neues Museum.I...
- A Star Like Nefertiti
The head of Egypt's antiquities service, Dr. Zahi Hawass has once again called on the folks in Germany to hand over the bust of Nefertiti found at tell El Amarna in 1912. According to Dr. Hawass he has paperwork to prove the bust was illegally smuggled...
- Artifacts From The (dog) Excavations Of Tell El Amarna
The 1912-1913 excavations on behalf of the German Oriental Society (DOG) at tell el Amarna brought to light a large collection of plaster masks and royal stone sculptures. The artist studio in which the sculpture were found was that of royal sculptor...
- Nefertiti's New Home
The famous bust of Nefertiti in the Altes museum in Berlin has now been moved to its new room in the recently restored Neues museum, the museum was badly damaged in WWII and has recently been restored at a cost of about $400 million. The bust has been...