October 21st, 2009
Egypt demands Germany to return the bust of Queen Nefertiti again
Egypt has launched a renewed struggle for the return from Germany to its homeland the famous bust of Egyptian queen Nefertiti - wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), reported the German news channels.
Colorized Nefertiti bust, that shows her perfect beauty was discovered by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt in 1912 in the sculpture workshop of the court artist and sculptor Thutmose at Amarna - a small settlement on the east bank of the Nile. Here are the ruins of the ancient Egyptian capital Ahetatona, built in the middle of the XIV century BC by order of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten).
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