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  • Setting Ancient Nefertiti Bust on Bronze Nude Touches off a Tussle

    06/17/2003 11:25:16 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 21 replies · 601+ views
    AP Breaking ^ | Jun 17, 2003 | Donna Bryson Associated Press Writer
    CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - They were together only a few hours. But that brief union of a celebrated, 3,000-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti with a modern bronze nude body touched off a furor. Some Egyptians are calling the art project at Berlin's Egyptian Museum an insult to their culture and demanding the return of the ancient bust, charging it isn't safe in German hands. The museum director, Dietrich Wildung, answers that his museum's most famous piece was never at risk and defends the videotaping of Nefertiti's head on a nude torso as a legitimate artistic experiment. The tape...