A 3D model of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti’s face has sparked a race row — with many claiming it should be darker. Working from the mummy, scientists from the University of Bristol brought the ...

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 ...

"We announce today that Egypt - this is the national committee, it is not a government committee - asks for the return of the bust of Nefertiti, and this is the letter, what I need from everyone here ...

An interactive remix of Nefertiti’s bust by Marpi, created from the released dataset (GIF courtesy the artist) Last month, we reported that a pair of artists scanned the bust of Nefertiti, currently ...

In February of 2016, Hyperallergic reported that two artists secretly 3D-scanned the heavily guarded bust of Queen Nefertiti at the Neues Museum in Berlin, and released the files to the public as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

An X-ray scan of the 3D printed Nefertiti bust. Nora Al- Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles with the 3D printed bust at the American University in Cairo. Nora Al- Badri ...

The iconic bust of Nefertiti, one of Egypt’s greatest treasures, has been repatriated to its native land—sort of. The sculpture belongs to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, but artists Nora Al-Badri and ...

It seemed like the perfect digital heist. The Nefertiti bust, created in 1345 B.C., is the most famous work in the collection of Berlin’s Neues Museum. The museum has long prohibited visitors from ...

The bust of Queen Nefertiti, like many precious artifacts from the ancient world, was long ago taken from its home. The Egyptian treasure currently lives in Berlin’s Neues Museum. But now, thanks to ...