Fantastic Images of the Nefertiti Bust at the Neues Museum Berlin

The Nefertiti's Bust - attributed to the sculptor Thutmose from whom's workshop it was recovered in 1912 - is world famous. Thutmose must have been one lucky sculptor, being asked to capture for eternity the ravishing face of the Queen who's ancient name meant A Beautiful Woman Has Come. The Queen Nefertiti - wife of Akhenaten and known in Germany as Nofretete - Bust is an icon of the Amarna period art and one of the most valuable items in the collection of the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin (to much frustration of the Egypt, which demands its return). She first went on display in the Neues Museum in 1924, but was evacuated when World War II bomb damage ruined most of the building. Now the royal bust has finally returned to the Neues Museum. We've got some fantastic images of the carefully organized move of the Nefertiti bust and her prime position in Nefertiti Dome gallery (room 210):

This weekend the Ancient Beauty will be the major draw for Berliners who are expected to flock to the public opening. The Neues Museum will be free for visitors on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers are braced for a mass turnout, providing hot drinks for the thousands expected to stand in line, despite the forecast of rain. (We're kinda happy Heritage Key already got the Grand Tour yesterday!)

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Ann Wuyts

Ann 'Vint' Wuyts is looking after the Heritage Key community and avatar health & entertainment. She is slightly fascinated by everything to do with 3D technology and what's commonly defined as 'Web 2.0'. When she grows up, Ann - eventually - wants to be a mummy.
Favourite game: Buzzword Bingo / Favourite book: 56 different ways to draw Mummies / Favourite toy: her DSLR / Worst fears: MySpace & Google data-world-domination / Favourite website: Heritage Key & Flickr.

Last three pieces by this author: Light Up video footage from Illuminating Hadrian's Wall, Illuminating Hadrian's Wall - Top 10 Flickr Photographs from the Light Up, CSI Britain - Dorset's 51 Decapitated Viking Skeletons

Interesting Articles And Blog Posts

Give it Back! The Ethics of Repatriation

Gung-ho explorers of the age of discovery blasted, pillaged and hoarded antiquities from around the world. With the British Museum still controversially holding many of the world's ancient relics, including the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles, issues of repatriation are hotly debated.

Amarna Art and Architecture

A revolutionary style for a revolutionary time: as the 'Heretic Pharaoh' Akhenaten tried to implement his will of monotheistic worship to one god - the 'universal creator of life' Aten - he need an equally radical sea-change in art and architecture to match.

Interesting Publications

Amarna: The Missing Evidence

Peach Pixel (2009)

by Sue Moseley

Ancient Queens: Archaeological Explorations

AltaMira Press (28 May 2003)

by Sarah Milledge Nelson