Posted on 03/18/2016 2:53:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Jan Nikolai Nelles and Nora Al-Badri, two artists, made headlines last month for announcing that they had sneaked into the Neues Museum in Berlin. They did not make the headlines for just sneaking into the museum. They had with them a hacked Kinect Sensor with which they performed an unauthorized 3D scan of the bust of Queen Nefertiti. If you have never heard about the iconic bust of Queen Nefertiti, you probably should read this. It is the most iconic artifact of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. It is 3,300 years old and is made of limestone and painted and coated with stucco...
Nora said that the hacked scanner was given to them by a group of hackers. She also said that the hackers might’ve stolen the data that they scanned for creating high quality scans. Nora believes that it may have been due to a server hack or an inside job too. Experts have compared their digital scan to the scan that was done by the museum. Both of them look immensely similar and the possibility of a server hack is really high.
Experts have also raised concerns about the possibility of a heist. Meanwhile, Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai displayed their 3D scans at a public event in Cairo. They believe that such an important piece of history that belongs to Egypt should stay in Egypt. Archaeologists of Germany had uncovered the bust of Queen Nefertiti in the early 20th Century and it was taken to Germany then. It has ever since remained in the Neues Museum in Berlin.
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44 long by now.......
She was a babe! Not guilty!
Didn’t the story mention stucco ?..........:o)
Well damn, you sure couldn’t say that a mere 70 years ago.
So, he was lookin fer a bust and got cold cocked?
Bummer. I thought I was going to see Queen Nefertit’s Bust
ooh, another potential ping list ping!
From the Old Kingdom, primarily 4th dynasty around the Giza Plateau, the ancient Egyptians left us reserve heads. I'm just glad this group hasn't heard about it, or there'd be excessive jockularity. ;')
What exactly are they teaching in journalism schools these days? Certainly not writing skills.
Could be an GSL problem, or it could be that it’s an exact quote.
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