Comments on: Art fictions http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=859 News for Art Historians Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:57:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: M http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=859&cpage=1#comment-54803 M Wed, 06 May 2009 15:51:31 +0000 http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=859#comment-54803 The authenticity of the Nefertiti bust has been questioned for a long time, although some have thought it to date from the Hitler era (not 1912). Recently, some CT scans were performed on the bust. Some have argued that these scans prove that the bust is "not a fake." See here for one such article: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/266036,nefertitis-hidden-face-proves-berlin-bust-is-not-hitlers-fake.html The authenticity of the Nefertiti bust has been questioned for a long time, although some have thought it to date from the Hitler era (not 1912). Recently, some CT scans were performed on the bust. Some have argued that these scans prove that the bust is “not a fake.” See here for one such article:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/266036,nefertitis-hidden-face-proves-berlin-bust-is-not-hitlers-fake.html

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