The Egyptian Museum of Berlin (German: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung) is home to one of the world's most important collections of Ancient Egyptian artifacts.
The museum originated with the royal art collection of the Prussian kings: it was Alexander von Humboldt who recommended that an Egyptian section be created, and the first objects were brought to Berlin in 1828 under Friedrich Wilhelm III.
The most famous piece on display is the exceptionally well preserved and vividly coloured bust of Queen Nefertiti. The collection was moved from Charlottenburg to the Altes Museum in 2005 and was rehoused within the newly reconstructed Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island in October 2009.
See also
- Berlin State Museums
- List of museums in Berlin
- Egyptian Museum (in Cairo)
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Egyptian Museum of Turin
- Karl Richard Lepsius
External links
Media related to Ägyptisches Museum Berlin at Wikimedia Commons- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection
- Neues Museum Berlin
- Society for the Promotion of the Egyptian Museum Berlin
- [Flickr] Photos taken in the Ägyptisches Museum.
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