in the Berlin Museum have banned pictures of Nefertiti bust
Berlin Neues Museum (Neues Museum) February 18 completely banned photography in the hall, where the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti, because of fears for the safety of the paint coating sculpture. It is reported by Earth Times.
A spokesman for the museum said that earlier bust was allowed to photograph, but the rules for visitors are prohibited from use in this outbreak. Total ban on photography had to be introduced due to the fact that tourists are ignoring the rules of the museum. Shooting the bust of Nefertiti from the outbreak had been banned since the museum feared that it could damage suffered in a stone image of an ancient layer of paint.
According to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Fund, which supports the work of the museum, yet it is not known whether the flash of digital cameras have a negative impact on the contained in a colorful layer of pigments, so the ban is a precautionary measure rather than a necessity.
Scientists estimate the age made of limestone and covered with a plaster bust of the Egyptian queen in 3300 years. Presumably it was made by sculptor Tutmos in 1345 BC. In 1912 he was discovered and later left the country a German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. The Egyptian authorities have long been trying to return the sculpture, but the German side rejects any claims concerning the ownership bust.
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