Saturday, August 13, 2005

Queen Comes Home (sort of)

Berlin's Island Museum is getting back the bust of Nefertiti for the first time since 1939. Great news for Berliners, but still she probably belongs in Cairo, since the original 1913 treaty about unearthing artifacts in Egypt was that the discoverer would keep them... unless they were "important objects d'art" which this piece most certainly is. Actually, she's probably one of the most important art objects in history. I wouldn't hold my breath on this one though.

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