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Queen Nefertiti Bust Scan Was Actually a Data Hack
Mobipicker ^ | March 12, 2016 | Aswin Rajeev

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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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; amarna; aswinrajeev; berlin; cairo; egypt; germany; godsgravesglyphs; jannikolainelles; kinectsensor; kv21; kv35; kv55; nefertiti; neuesmuseum; noraalbadri; smenkhkhare; somekindofbust; zahihawass; zowiehawass
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To: Paladin2

44 long by now.......


21 posted on 03/18/2016 3:59:20 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Squantos

She was a babe! Not guilty!


22 posted on 03/18/2016 4:07:24 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Didn’t the story mention stucco ?..........:o)


23 posted on 03/18/2016 4:12:59 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Vendome

Well damn, you sure couldn’t say that a mere 70 years ago.


24 posted on 03/18/2016 5:32:30 PM PDT by X-spurt
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To: SunkenCiv

So, he was lookin fer a bust and got cold cocked?


25 posted on 03/18/2016 6:30:35 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bummer. I thought I was going to see Queen Nefertit’s Bust


26 posted on 03/18/2016 7:56:21 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Vendome; martin_fierro

ooh, another potential ping list ping!


27 posted on 03/19/2016 5:25:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: stylin19a
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. ;')

28 posted on 03/19/2016 5:26:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
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.

What exactly are they teaching in journalism schools these days? Certainly not writing skills.

29 posted on 03/20/2016 11:11:38 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Could be an GSL problem, or it could be that it’s an exact quote.


30 posted on 03/20/2016 1:55:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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