Why Germany hasn’t returned Nefertiti

Im surprised it’s not in the British Museum.

The situation is simple and similar for all the museums around the world ... not returning these artefacts has nothing to do that they are better preserved in the museums or even for the sake of science and knowledge... it's just returning these artefacts meant the museums will no longer have a revenues from these artefacts ... it's all about money

I am Egyptian i lived in an area infected by landmines laied by Germans and British in north west of Egypt since WWII , some of my family members lost their lives and got injured from these landmines , i was lucky enough i have stepped on few never exploded....not schocked now seeing these people justifying stealing the bust ... please send you army and technology to remove the evil landmines from our desert apologizes for your long crimes.

It belongs to Egypt how is this even a question?! 😭 The audacity of that women to say “we adhere to the legal situation”, from over 100 years ago when nothing Europeans did was fair??!! What about the MORAL situation??

The Egyptians complain about the Bust of Nefertiti, we Iraqis were robbed of the entire Ishtar GATE of Babylon by the Germans.

Never realised it was so financially valuable.

She still belongs to Egypt. It is their culture.

This story of art stolen by Europeans and demanded back by Egyptians, Greeks, Africans, Asians, etc... gave rise to a strange baby in South America. Some time ago, Paraguay began demanding the return of a cannon captured by Brazil during the war that took place in the 19th century. A cannon is not a work of art. Not to mention that it was designed, cast and used deliberately to kill Brazilians. I even believe that the cannon can be returned, but for that to happen, Paraguay has to cast an identical copy of it and deliver it to Brazil with an apology (because after all, the Paraguayans invaded my country before it retaliated).

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"One of the questions that comes to mind is why are these sculptures [the Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon] here in Berlin? And the answers can be found in the political ambitions of Prussia at the time. They very much wanted to be equal of the French and the British. And that mean, in part, to have great museums that express the civilizations of the past, so they could be, in a sense, the inheritors of the great classical tradition, which was so revered in the 19th century. Berlin, in some ways, wanted to be the new Rome." - Dr. Steven Zucker of Smarthistory

I was born in the northeast of Mexico; for decades I understand myself as a mixed race man, half caucasian, half native american, a cultural hibrid, a "global citizen" as they say. I never wondered about my ethnic background, really, until recent years. Unfortunately, in the region I was born, my ancestor's culture was completely destroyed by the Spaniard conquerors and the Cathotic monks that came with them: NO artifacts of any kind remain, even the original dialect is forever lost. Strangely now, at my middle age, I wish I could have contact with something that would give me an insight about my collective past, something that helps me to reconstruct the narrative of who I am. Being alienated from your material culture is like trying to read a book a collectively written diary in which only half the words appear. That's why I consider it is so important to return the artifacts to the people that trully descent from those who created them. Every figurine, every text, every piece of ornament is a "word" that allow us to put together a tale of a human group's intimate experience of the world. I wish German younger generation can be sensible to this, and get involved in the fight to handover the Nefertiti to its only legitimate owners: the Egyptian people.

I’m American of Mesopotamian descent. I’m so so glad that many of Mesopotamia’s (Iraq since 1922) archaeological treasures are in Germany (and other European nations). In 2003 (the fall of Saddam) there were out of control mobs who stormed the Iraq museum in Baghdad and stole anything and everything to include the “epic of Gilgamesh” which was eventually returned. Some 30 yrs ago I visited the Louvre in Paris and took pics next to “code of Hammurabi” the winged Tauruses amongst others which made me infuriated at the time as they looked so disgustingly out of place and should be returned. I no longer feel that way especially after isis (2014-2016) destroyed priceless statues and artefacts thousands of yrs old bcz it didn’t conform w. Islam. The aforementioned were there before and during Islamization of Mesopotamia and remained unmolested. I thought I’d never say this, but I’m glad they were taken to the west, otherwise; without a shadow of a doubt they would’ve suffered the same fate as countless other treasures were and are sold and in “private” collections !

True ...4:50... it's not like today ...in my point of view all antiques that have been preserved in all around the world must have the proper address to the country of origin... sad to say colonisation of the world exist... complicated issues... now adays democracy is getting more rightfull... and accepted... why not make a resolutions/treaty that would preserved the relics ... in behalf of the two countries involved.. not having unwanted issues publicly.... in my point of view..... ❤❤❤❤ salute very balanced documentary....😇😇

We should have a broader view on such issues. If it was not for the deep fascination that erudite 19th century westerners started to cultivate for ancient Egypt and that prompted a.o. the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the nascent deciphering of hieroglyphs, excavations and in situ discoveries would have remained uneventful. Colonialism is not the right choice of words when describing the utter fascination that other cultures develop for one’s people ancient past when this old past was completely neglected and de facto dismissed - not only due to religious and political pressure but also due to a general loss of interest that set in over the centuries.

Belong to Egypt for sure no question about it

Egyptian Museum is like a joke people can basically touch everything inside of it except for the King Tut artifacts which are preserved in a glass container. But I think the soon-to-be-open new Grand Egyptian Museum which has been under construction for many years will be much better, inshallah. But no matter what, what belongs to a country/people must be returned if it was a colonial status to steal it or pillage it in the first place.

Is the statue real or fake? It should be authenticated before any turnover.

Egypt literally sold one of its own cities to the UAE, are governed by a violent dictatorship and have a bad track record of human rights abuses. Not to mention they are in a region which is known for demolishing ancient artworks becouse they are percieved as idolotrous or against the majority religion of Islam. We should rethink not weather Egypt and these countries should get these items back, but weather they are ready to preserve them and if the socioty and government around them can guarantee their safety

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