You know, I never thought of it before, but it seems awfully “European” and modern for a supposedly ancient Egyptian bust.
I agree. Plausible.
This talk of its being a fake won’t stop the Egyptians from claiming their predecessors were duped into allowing it to be removed from the country. ;’)
The fact is, the Egyptians were very good sculptors; we’re mostly more familiar with their kinda odd use of proportion and perspectives in their paintings and reliefs. But here’s an excellent example (well, a bunch) of much older (4th Dynasty, no question about provenance, some were photographed in situ at discovery) “reserve heads”, which were found interred near (for example) the Great Pyramid — and remain mysterious and unexplained.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reserve_head