{"id":277327,"date":"2022-06-02T09:32:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T23:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/?p=277327"},"modified":"2023-04-29T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T00:22:14","slug":"the-story-of-nefertitis-head-chapter-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Nefertiti&#039;s Head \u2013 Chapter Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"rtl\">When was Nefertiti&#039;s head discovered?<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a\/#%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9_%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A\" >Head of Queen Nefertiti<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a\/#%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84\" >Statue size<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a\/#%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A\" >Ludwig Burkhard and Nefertiti<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\" id=\"0-%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9_%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A\"><\/span>Head of Queen Nefertiti<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p dir=\"rtl\">December 6, 1912, good morning\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/last-page\/2012\/12\/07\/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludwig<\/a>\u201cAnd you, my dear Ernest, the weather is truly beautiful today\u2026 a welcome change for the better \u2013 the weather in Minya Governorate is usually anything but welcoming, but that&#039;s the fate of explorers, my friend! I sent Hammad and the other men to retrieve the remaining statues from Thutmose&#039;s workshop today. Who knows? Perhaps we&#039;ll discover a valuable statue instead of the pile of stones we&#039;ve found so far!\u201c<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-8c6367eeb78947fb9a67f9647334fc7f.r2.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/85250398_1646418232182872_5494058212980162560_n.jpg\" alt=\"Workers carry Nefertiti&#039;s head\" class=\"wp-image-278989\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Workers carry Nefertiti&#039;s head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\" id=\"1-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84\"><\/span>Statue size<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&quot;Her, Bochard! Oh, Bochard! Come here!&quot; Ludwig turned towards the sound and saw Awad, the dark-skinned son of Hammad, running barefoot towards him, his robe billowing behind him. They must have found something! He wasted no time asking questions but ran himself towards the excavation site. There he saw her. He wrote in his journal, &quot;Today we have found in our hands the most lifelike statue of Egypt ever. You can almost believe that its owner will move her eyes and smile at any moment\u2026 You can never imagine her beauty; you must see her to be sure!&quot; The name of Queen Nefertiti has not been revealed to this day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statue wasn&#039;t enormous; on the contrary, it appeared life-size, or perhaps slightly smaller, depicting a stunningly beautiful girl with distinctly Egyptian features, wearing a conical crown. The statue&#039;s colors were calm and harmonious, reflecting refined taste\u2014Thutmose had truly outdone himself this time! It looked as if it were newly made, but Ludwig knew perfectly well that Nefertiti had remained trapped in the sand for over 3200 years\u2026 He studied her face, her eyes, her smile\u2026 He sensed a mystery, but couldn&#039;t quite define it until it suddenly dawned on him\u2026 The statue lay on the ground, 20 centimeters high, yet it looked as if she were looking down at it, not the other way around!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-8c6367eeb78947fb9a67f9647334fc7f.r2.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/84203895_1646418268849535_8912694417857445888_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278991\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\" id=\"2-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A\"><\/span>Ludwig Burkhard and Nefertiti <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">It seems that Ludwig Burchardt was completely captivated by the statue. At the time, the law stipulated that any archaeological discovery was to be divided equally between Egypt and the discovering expedition, with the Egyptian government retaining the right to choose. All the discovered pieces were divided into two sections, as usual: one section containing the head and the other containing the base of a pharaonic column of great historical value. The Egyptian Antiquities Authority chose the column and its accompanying pieces for their historical significance, leaving the other section, which had artistic value. The expedition obtained the necessary export permits, and the statue was shipped to Germany, where it disappeared.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statue did not officially appear until 1923, and it began to attract the attention of Egyptian students residing in Germany. Questions abounded, and members of the Egyptian Antiquities Authority justified their decision not to select the statue by stating that the Egyptian Museum was primarily a museum of antiquities, not art, and therefore their duty required them to choose important artifacts, not merely beautiful ones. All hell broke loose in Egypt, especially given the heightened nationalist sentiment following the 1919 revolution, the declaration of the Kingdom of Egypt, and the establishment of a strong constitution. All of this led to popular demands for the statue&#039;s return to Egypt, to the point that several Egyptian newspapers spearheaded a fierce campaign to boycott everything German.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1455\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-8c6367eeb78947fb9a67f9647334fc7f.r2.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/85201040_1646418382182857_3360082997335293952_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278990\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, the campaign did not achieve anything on the ground, and Germany refused to even raise the issue, citing the decision to approve the export, which was issued officially. After a period of relative calm, the issue returned and was raised timidly before King Fuad&#039;s visit to Germany in 1927, and side talks did take place, which were disappointing to the Egyptians\u2026 who felt that there was no use, as the matter required a miracle from God for the Germans to agree to negotiate, and this miracle did indeed happen when a new man took over the position of Chancellor of Germany, and this man was called \u201cAdolf Hitler\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Moheb Rizkalla<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">You can continue the chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/the-story-of-nefertitis-head-chapter-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first<\/a> From the article at the following link:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/the-story-of-nefertitis-head-chapter-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">You can follow similar topics on the Arab Collector website through <a href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/belgium-and-egyptology-postage-stamps\/\">The following link<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"3lyIMJrHs3LeBC5KFYhcKpW1gx6XXOhoGY9we2fV4AxolnQc5UmSviZ8kq6WDyTqOVIfMZtBa\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DPA7Z0KOsz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/belgium-and-egyptology-postage-stamps\/\">Belgium and Egyptology postage stamps<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cBelgium and Egyptology Postage Stamps\u201d \u2014 The Arab Collector\" src=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%8a%d9%83%d8%a7-%d9%88%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa\/embed\/#?secret=zVl4Ihd5CV#?secret=DPA7Z0KOsz\" data-secret=\"DPA7Z0KOsz\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the head of Nefertiti discovered? The head of Queen Nefertiti, December 6, 1912. Good morning, Ludwig! And you, my dear Ernest, the weather is truly beautiful today... a welcome change for the better\u2014the weather in this Minya province is usually anything but welcoming, but that&#039;s the fate of explorers, my friend! I sent Hamad and the other men to retrieve the remaining statues from Thutmose&#039;s workshop today...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[1266,366,368,365,367],"class_list":["post-277327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical","tag-1266","tag-366","tag-368","tag-365","tag-367"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}