Egypt formally demanded the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, saying it was sneaked out of the country illegally. Dating from the 14th century B.C., the 19-inch painted limestone ...

Let’s be honest – we’ve all seen that face. It’s the impossibly symmetrical features, the knowing half-smile, and that blue crown. It looks both ancient and utterly contemporary. This isn’t just an ...

Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ruled as a pharaoh in her own right. She lived during the 18th dynasty during the 14th century B.C., ...

After 20 years of construction, the Grand Egyptian Museum has opened, intensifying Egypt’s demands for the return of artifacts looted by former imperialist nations. In particular, calls for the ...

The century­-long battle over the return of the bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti from Germany to its homeland is continuing. In the North Dome Room of the Neues Museum in Berlin stands the ...

One hundred years ago, in a courtyard at the Neues Museum in Berlin, the world came face to face for the first time with one of its most enduring beauty icons: Queen Nefertiti. Discovered in Egypt in ...

A petition launched early last month calling for the repatriation of a bust depicting the Ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti from Berlin’s Neues Museum has reached nearly 10,000 signatures. “Egypt has ...

On a sunny afternoon on Dec. 6, 1912, an Egyptian worker at a dig along the banks of the Nile came across what may be the most striking find in the history of Egyptology. Ludwig Borchardt, the German ...

An excerpt from Eyeliner: A Cultural History details the history of the elusive Egyptian queen, and the everlasting allure of her kohl rimmed eyes. Of all the ancient Egyptians who wore kohl, Queen ...