Egypt
- Nefertiti Dispute Continues
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It seems that there is no foreseeable resolution to the conflict over the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, wife of the monotheistic Pharaoh Akhenaten. Last Monday the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) sent an...
- German Response To Egyptian Nefertiti Request
Bloomberg According to Bloomberg the Egyptian request for the return of the Nefertiti bust to Egypt has been rejected by Germany on the grounds that the request was not sent to the government, but to Herman Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural...
- Ongoing Saga Of Nefertiti Bust
All Voices (Christopher Szabo) Demands by Egypt for the return of Queen Nefertiti’s bust to Cairo have been turned down by Germany. State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann argued the statue rightfully belonged to Germany. Neumann rejected Egyptian...
- Zahi Hawass On The Nefertiti Loan Issue
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/849/he2.htm Zahi Hawass is using his occasional Dig Days column on the Al Ahram Weekly website to highlight his views about the refusal of the German government to send the Nefertiti bust on loan to Egypt for the opening...
- Nefertiti Going Nowhere
Germany's Minister of Culture Bern Nuemann said today that the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues museum in Berlin will stay in Berlin. The minister was responding to the Egyptian Minister of culture Dr. Zahi Hawass who keeps threatening to make an official...
Egypt
Egypt response to German refusal to loan Nefertiti bust
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/16/eng20070416_366754.html
"Egypt Sunday said it will never hold any antiquity exhibition in Germany in the future unless Germany temporarily returns the bust of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, the official news agency MENA reported.
MENA quoted Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass as saying that Egypt will request Germany again next week to temporarily return the 3,300-year-old bust for a three-month exhibition in Egypt.
German Culture Minister Bernd Neumann had rejected Egypt's request, saying that Nefertiti's bust was too fragile to leave Berlin for a trip to Egypt, according to MENA."
http://tinyurl.com/23lukw (int.iol.co.za)
MENA quoted Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass as saying that Egypt will request Germany again next week to temporarily return the 3,300-year-old bust for a three-month exhibition in Egypt.
German Culture Minister Bernd Neumann had rejected Egypt's request, saying that Nefertiti's bust was too fragile to leave Berlin for a trip to Egypt, according to MENA."
http://tinyurl.com/23lukw (int.iol.co.za)
"Egypt on Sunday threatened to ban future displays of its ancient artifacts in Germany if Berlin refuses to return a 3 400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti for a temporary exhibition. '(Egypt) will never again organise antiquities exhibitions in Germany if it refuses a request, to be issued next week, to allow the bust of Nefertiti to be displayed in Egypt for three months,' antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass told parliament, according to the official MENA news agency."
- Nefertiti Dispute Continues
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It seems that there is no foreseeable resolution to the conflict over the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, wife of the monotheistic Pharaoh Akhenaten. Last Monday the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) sent an...
- German Response To Egyptian Nefertiti Request
Bloomberg According to Bloomberg the Egyptian request for the return of the Nefertiti bust to Egypt has been rejected by Germany on the grounds that the request was not sent to the government, but to Herman Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural...
- Ongoing Saga Of Nefertiti Bust
All Voices (Christopher Szabo) Demands by Egypt for the return of Queen Nefertiti’s bust to Cairo have been turned down by Germany. State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann argued the statue rightfully belonged to Germany. Neumann rejected Egyptian...
- Zahi Hawass On The Nefertiti Loan Issue
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/849/he2.htm Zahi Hawass is using his occasional Dig Days column on the Al Ahram Weekly website to highlight his views about the refusal of the German government to send the Nefertiti bust on loan to Egypt for the opening...
- Nefertiti Going Nowhere
Germany's Minister of Culture Bern Nuemann said today that the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues museum in Berlin will stay in Berlin. The minister was responding to the Egyptian Minister of culture Dr. Zahi Hawass who keeps threatening to make an official...