“The Nefertiti statue is considered to be one of the most famous ancient Egyptian archaeological works. It is a coloured limestone bust of more than 3300 years old, carved by the Egyptian sculptor Thutmose in 1345 BC. Nearly to Queen Nefertiti, the wife of King Akhenaten, this statue made Nefertiti one of the most famous women of the ancient world, And a symbol from

Symbols of female beauty.”

“A German excavation team led by Egyptologist Ludwig Borshardt found him at Tel El Amarna in Egypt in 1912, on December 6, when a German archaeological mission led by German archaeologist Ludwig Borshardt found a Nefertiti statue in Tel El Amarna, at the Egyptian sculptor’s workshop “Tuthmosis,” which also found several busts that did not end with Nefertiti.

Borchardt described the discovery in his diaries, saying:

“Suddenly, we have the best remaining Egyptian artwork, and it cannot be described in words; you must see it.”

Smuggling to Germany

“In 1924, a document on a meeting took place on January 20, 1913, between Ludwig Borshardt and a senior Egyptian official in the archive of the division of archaeological discoveries found in 1912 between Germany and Egypt” was found in the archives of the German eastern company that undertook the excavations.

“According to the secretary-general of the owner of the document, the eastern German company, who was present at the meeting, Borshardt was determined to have the statue be for the Germans, and it is suspected that Borshardt has hidden the true value of the bust, despite his denial.”

“Philip Vandenberg said in The Times that the statue, among the 10 most famous stolen artefacts, showed Borshardt the Egyptian official a poorly illuminated image of the statue, and the statue was hidden in a box when visiting Egyptian Inspector General Gustave Loughfrey for inspection.”

“The document revealed that Borshardt claimed that the statue was made of plaster, to mislead the inspector, and the German East Company blamed the neglect of the inspector and indicated that the statue was at the top of the partition list.”

“The statue has been placed in several locations in Germany since it was found, including a salt mine in the Mercks Kesselenbach, the Dahlem Museum in West Berlin, the Egyptian Museum in Charlottenburg and the old museum in Berlin, and since 2009 the statue has settled in the new Berlin Museum until now.”

Require Egypt to hand over the statue

“And the Egyptian authorities demanded that the statue be returned to Egypt, since the statue was officially unveiled in Berlin in 1924, and in 1925, Egypt threatened to ban German excavation in Egypt, unless the statue of Nefertiti is returned.” أع

“In 1929, Egypt offered to swap the statue for some other artwork, but Germany refused, and in the 1950s, Egypt again tried to start negotiations on the statue, but without a response from Germany.”

“Despite Germany’s strong opposition to the return of the statue to Egypt, in 1933, Hermann Goering, Minister of the Nazi Air Force, demanded that the statue be returned to King Fouad I as a political initiative.

But Hitler opposed the idea and said to the Egyptian government

“It will build a new Egyptian museum for Nefertiti.”

“When the statue came under the control of the Americans, Egypt demanded that the United States hand over the statue, but the United States of America refused, and advised Egypt to discuss the issue with the new German authorities.” Written by Muhammad Hussein Adman Group, Antiquities in Egypt