A 3,300-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti went on view Tuesday at a new, temporary home in Berlin as the centerpiece of a special five-month exhibition.

Nefertiti, one of Berlin's best-known cultural treasures, was put in a padded box late Monday and driven to the Kulturforum complex from the Egyptian Museum, part of the collection's move from former West Berlin to the capital's historic downtown area...

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The permanent committee of Egyptian archaeology agreed in its latest meeting under Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass on carrying out an integrated project for protecting and restoring the capital of ancient Delta in Tel Basta, Sharkeya governorate.

The project will be implemented with a total cost of LE 50 million over two years, according to the Lower Egypt and Sinai Archaeology Department general manager Mohammed Abdul Maksoud, noting that the project is one of the most tremendous projects to be carried out by the SCA in collaboration with the German archaeological mission in Egypt.

[Source], Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, March 02, 2005.

Archaeologists uncovered three coffins and a remarkably well-preserved mummy in a 2,500-year old tomb discovered by accident — after opening a secret door hidden behind a statue in a separate burial chamber, Egypt's chief archaeologist said Wednesday.

The Australian team was exploring a much older tomb — dating back 4,200 years — belonging to a man believed to have been a tutor to the 6th Dynasty King Pepi II, when they moved a pair of statues and discovered the door, said Zahi Hawass, Egypt's top antiquities official...

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Also Well-preserved, 2,500-year-old mummy found behind secret door in Egyptian tomb, Canadian Press via Yahoo! News, USA, Mar 2, 2005.

Also Behind the secret door: a remarkable mummy, AP via The Globe and Mail, Australia, March 2, 2005.

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