Archaeologist
Ludwig Borchardt
German Egyptologist (1863–1938)
1863 – 1938
Biography
He led the German Oriental Society’s excavations at Amarna, where the bust of Nefertiti was found on 6 December 1912 in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Egypt has called for decades for the return of the Nefertiti bust and disputes the way it left the country.
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin “Bust of Nefertiti, ÄM 21300 — “In the Light of Amarna”” smb.museum
- Wikipedia “Nefertiti Bust — Wikipedia” en.wikipedia.org