Sebastian Conrad: Die Königin

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The Queen. Nefertiti's global career

Reading and discussion with Sebastian Conrad

How did an Egyptian queen become a global icon? Her discovery in the Egyptian Tell el Amarna was a sensation, her first presentation in Berlin in 1924 caused a sensation far beyond Germany. What is the reason
why the world-famous bust of Nefertiti is seen as the epitome of female beauty in so many different places today? And how is it that Nefertiti's magic has survived more than three millennia unscathed?
In his work, which has been nominated for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2024, historian Sebastian Conrad explains the dubious circumstances under which the bust came to Berlin in the age of colonialism and how it has been fought over ever since. He also examines why artists such as Beyoncé and Rihanna are now staging themselves as modern-day Nefertiti.

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