Egypt
San Francisco Sentinel
- Nefertiti Again, 100 Years On
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It seems that there is no foreseeable resolution to the long conflict between Germany and Egypt over ownership of the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, wife of the monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten. Now, a century after...
- Nefertiti. Again.
Al Masry Al Youm (Andrew Bossone) Thousands of artifacts are now returning to Egypt from abroad, but one piece continues to elude decades of government calls for its return: the famous bust of Nefertiti. The bust has become such a contentious symbol that...
- Berlin Museums & Legacy Of James Simon Exhibit
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) The famous Bust of Queen Tiye is in this exhibition. Some 150 works from nine different German collections are on view in six galleries from October 18, 2008 to January 18, 2009. The exhibition's appearance at the California...
- Berlin Museum Entrance Plans Unveiled
EarthTimes.org British architect David Chipperfield unveiled Wednesday his controversial design for a grand modern entrance to the treasure houses on Berlin's Island of Museums.From 2012, his James Simon Gallery will be the main gateway to the Pergamon...
- 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
Exhibition: The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon
San Francisco Sentinel
An outstanding collection of the treasures of the State Museums of Berlin that honors the contributions of patron James Simon is now at the Legion of Honor until January 18, 2009. THE STATE MUSEUMS OF BERLIN AND THE LEGACY OF JAMES SIMON is a case study of the history of collecting during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and features approximately 140 works from nine separate Berlin museums. . . .
This 18th-Dynasty sculpture was crafted during the reign of Amenhotep III. Standing nine inches, it is composed of Yew wood, silver, gold, lapis lazuli, and faience. It was a major purchase among James Simon’s Egyptian New Kingdom collection. The mother of Akhenaten, Queen Tiye is realistically depicted as middle-aged with furrowed brows. She possesses a regal and careworn look marked with an awareness of the power she wielded.
This limestone head of Nefertiti, Akhenaten’s queen, comes from the same workshop of the Chief Sculptor Tuthmosis and was by the same hand as the famous Bust of Nefertiti. With black paint on its cheeks and face as sculptors’ guides, the head serves as a model for artists producing portraits of the queen. James Simon supported excavations in Amarna from 1911 to 1914. In 1912 large finds were uncovered in the workshop of Tuthmosis.
- Nefertiti Again, 100 Years On
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It seems that there is no foreseeable resolution to the long conflict between Germany and Egypt over ownership of the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, wife of the monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten. Now, a century after...
- Nefertiti. Again.
Al Masry Al Youm (Andrew Bossone) Thousands of artifacts are now returning to Egypt from abroad, but one piece continues to elude decades of government calls for its return: the famous bust of Nefertiti. The bust has become such a contentious symbol that...
- Berlin Museums & Legacy Of James Simon Exhibit
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) The famous Bust of Queen Tiye is in this exhibition. Some 150 works from nine different German collections are on view in six galleries from October 18, 2008 to January 18, 2009. The exhibition's appearance at the California...
- Berlin Museum Entrance Plans Unveiled
EarthTimes.org British architect David Chipperfield unveiled Wednesday his controversial design for a grand modern entrance to the treasure houses on Berlin's Island of Museums.From 2012, his James Simon Gallery will be the main gateway to the Pergamon...
- 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...