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A model in Nefertiti-inspired headdress on the runway of the Christian Dior Spring 2004 couture collection in Paris. - Dominique Maître/WWD/Penske Media/Getty Images ...
Designers of the time, such as the French couturier Paul Poiret, incorporated Egyptian motifs into their work. In 1945, American milliner Lilly Daché designed hats with a distinct Nefertiti flair.
Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin.
Nefertiti lived in the 14th century BC, and was the wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, one of the kings of the 18th Dynasty in ancient Egypt who ruled Egypt from 1352 BC to 1336 BC.
Life-sized painted bust of the queen, 47 cm high. With the flat-cut blue wig, which also has a ribbon wrapped around it halfway up,” Egyptologist Ludwig Borchardt wrote in his diary on December 6, ...
A prominent Egyptian has launched a petition calling for the return of the bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany.
Egyptian scientist starts petition to return Nefertiti bust 09/08/2024 September 8, 2024. The pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti was uncovered in 1912 by a German team and then shipped to Berlin.
Egyptian archaeologist urges German museum to return Nefertiti’s bust. Petition by ex-antiquities minister asks for the return of the bust, saying it was removed from Egypt illegally in early 1900s.
In 1924 when the world came face-to-face with the likeness of the Ancient Egyptian queen for the first time, it sparked a fascination that endures to this day. Why Nefertiti still inspires, 3,300 ...
Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin.
Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin.