2009 • Nondestructive Insights into Composition of the Sculpture of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti with CT


This is the first major paper with Cultural Heritage as its main topic published by the authoritative peer-reviewed journal Radiology :

 

Nondestructive Insights into Composition of the Sculpture of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti with CT

 

by Alexander Huppertz, MD et al.

Imaging Science Institute and the Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

 

Radiology, April 2009, vol. 251, n°1, p.233-240  •  © RSNA, 2009

 

CT imaging revealed construction techniques in Nefertiti’s bust that had implications for conservation, as well as for an understanding of the artistic methods used in the creation of this masterpiece of art of the 18th dynasty.

 

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Reprinted, with permission, from State Museums of Berlin, Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin, Germany • Inventory no. 21300 • Photograph taken by Jürgen Liepe
Reprinted, with permission, from State Museums of Berlin, Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin, Germany • Inventory no. 21300 • Photograph taken by Jürgen Liepe