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El 6 de diciembre de 1912 un equipo de egiptólogos alemanes liderados por Ludwig Borchardt encontraba el busto de Nefertiti, esposa real del faraón Akhenaton. Su momia aun no se ha localizado.
El busto fue entregado al patrocinador de la expedición, Jacques Simon, quien lo exhibió durante los siguientes 11 años en su residencia privada. Años más tarde fue reverenciado por Hitler y escondido de las bombas aliadas en una mina de sal.
"Jamás renunciaré a la cabeza de la reina", dijo Hitler. "Voy a levantar un nuevo museo egipcio en Berlín. Sueño con ello. Dentro de él construiré una cámara coronada por una gran bóveda y en el centro estará Nefertiti".
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I channel Killmonger, as problematic as he is, in this essay on #Nefertiti and perimenopause. #ThisIs53 #Egypt
When museums in the West continue to display what their colonizing ancestors stole from us, they magnify a historical theft with their contemporary insistence that they control our narrative. #Egypt #Nefertiti #ThisIs53 #Perimenopause
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In 2007, the Neues Museum, Berlin, refused to return Nefertiti's bust to #Egypt for an exhibition, claiming it was too fragile to be moved. The audacity: asking for permission to display your ancestors’ heritage and being denied it by the descendants of those who robbed you of it
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