25 mai 2010
German Foreign Minister: Nefertiti Bust Should Stay in Berlin
The Nefertiti bust at New Museum in Berlin, Germany. EPA/RAINER JENSEN
CAIRO (AP).- Germany's foreign minister says the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti that has been in a Berlin museum for decades is in Germany legally and could break if moved to Egypt. Egypt's antiquities chief had said he will formally demand the return of the bust of the 14th century B.C. monarch because it was taken out of Egypt with fraudulent documents in the early 20th century. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Saturday the case is... [Lire la suite]
14 janvier 2010
Les "Barbie" de Jocelyne Grimaud
Barbie en Coco Chanel
C’est une idée qui, comme souvent, a mis du temps à prendre racine. ça commence un jour de novembre 1967, avec un cadeau tout de tendresse.
C’était rose, mousseux et d’une délicatesse extrême. Avec une patience d’ange, ma mère avait, en secret, tricoté pour ma poupée Barbie une robe de chambre et une paire de chaussons minuscules ! Je crois me souvenir qu’il y avait d’autres vêtements, mais ces chaussons, avec le petit nœud rose sur le dessus, m’avaient totalement subjuguée.
Puis, j’ai grandi, la... [Lire la suite]
03 janvier 2010
Masterpieces of Neues Museum, Berlin
The bust of Nefertiti - Nordkuppelsaal. Neues Museum, Berlin.
Armoured cavalryman. Silver, from the hacksilver find at the Lisów mill, formally Leissow, (Lisów, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland), 10th century AD. Museum of Prehistory and Early History / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Claudia Plamp
Berlin Green Head. Late Period, 30th Dynasty, around 350 BC. Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Margarete Büsing
Golden ceremonial hat with circular ornamentation, gold sheet,... [Lire la suite]
21 décembre 2009
Egypt Antiquities Chief Zahi Hawass to Demand Nefertiti Bust
The 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti is seen at the Neues Museum. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday he will formally demand the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti from a Berlin museum after confirming it was sneaked out of Cairo through fraudulent documents. Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has been aggressively campaigning to reclaim treasures that he says were stolen from Egypt and purchased by some of the world's leading... [Lire la suite]
06 octobre 2009
Nefertiti Bust Moved to Berlin's Restored Neues Museum

05 juillet 2009
Portfolio : Youssef Nabil
