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Beauty Queen Nefertiti in Spotlight, Berlin Denies Tricks
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Nefertiti is reigning supreme in Berlin, where an exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of her bust and explains why Egypt won’t get her back.
The Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island, the queen’s palatial home since it was rebuilt from rubble and reopened in 2009, is hosting “In the Light of Amarna.” The show puts Nefertiti -- one of the most famous figures of the ancient world, thanks to her bust -- in the context of her era.