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Egypt
Nefertiti photo ban
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I was surprised, when I read this, that the museum had had a policy of permitting photographs. Apart from the dangers of flash I would have thought that for logistical reasons alone photography would have been banned simply because people taking picutres usually slows up visitor flow around certain exhibits. The problem with people ignoring the restrictions on flash is infuriating. If they don't know how to turn the automatic flash off then they quite simply shouldn't use the camera where flash is banned.
Berlin has banned tourists taking photographs of Queen Nefertiti, amid fears that camera flashes may spoil pigments painted on the limestone and plaster bust, a museum spokeswoman said Thursday. The sculpture in the Neues Museum featuring a delicate skin-tan and perfect eye makeup that make the 3,500-year-old figure look like a contemporary woman, is one of the city's top tourist draws.
The spokeswoman said the previous policy, allowing photographs if the flash was turned off, was changed several weeks ago, "because most visitors were not obeying the ban on flash."
- Cool Response From Berlin To Egypt's Official Nefertiti Request
Monsters and Critics Berlin responded cooly on Friday to renewed demands from Cairo that the prized bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti should be returned to its country of origin from its current home in a Berlin museum. 'A request from Egypt to return...
- Happy New Year!
The very best of wishes for 2008 Here's hoping that it is a truly great year for everyone If the state of my house is anything to go by, it was a good party :-) I've hunted through the usual online resources, but there's simply nothing...
- Egypt Secret Of The Pharaohs
I found this oldie on Youtube and thought I would pass it along. Should be good for a few laughs....
- Avenue Of Sphinx's
Well after the evictions and the bulldozers the long sought avenue of sphinx's is about to be open to tourists to walk in October. The highly controversial excavation has been ongoing at the cost of the Egyptian people who lived in the area who were...
- Crises At The Museum
A short Arabic video on the damage done at the Cairo museum, note the empty cases! Great time for people around the world to show their support for the Egyptian people by joining Amnesty International and take action!...