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The bust of Nefertiti is the best known find of Ludwig Borchardt. Born in Berlin in 1863 into a well-established Jewish family, Borchardt was the second-oldest of six children of the merchant Hermann Borchardt (1830–1890) and Bertha, née Levin (1835–1910).
Ludwig Borchardt (* 5. Oktober 1863 in Berlin; † 12. August 1938 in Paris) war ein deutscher Ägyptologe und Architekt . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Arbeitsschwerpunkt. 3 Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl) 4 Literatur. 5 Dokumentationen. 6 Weblinks. 7 Anmerkungen. Leben.
Learn about Ludwig Borchardt, a prominent German Egyptologist who excavated the sun temple of King Nyuserre, the pyramids of Abusir, and the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose. Find his biography, publications, and contributions to the Berlin Dictionary and the Catalogue Général of Cairo Museum.
Ludwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist who led an excavation at Tell el-Amarna in 1912. He found the famous bust of Nefertiti, the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, in a sculptor's workshop and documented the event in his diary and photographs.
Ludwig Borchardt was the excavator who discovered the famous bust of Nefertiti in 1912. He wrote the first detailed publication on the piece in 1923, praising its beauty and craftsmanship, and noting the missing left eye and the damage to the wig and ears.
A German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt discovered the bust in 1912 in Thutmose's workshop. It has been kept at various locations in Germany since its discovery, including the cellar of a bank, a salt-mine in Merkers-Kieselbach, the Dahlem museum, the Egyptian Museum in Charlottenburg and the Altes Museum.
Ludwig Borchardt (1863–1938) was a German Egyptologist and archaeologist who excavated several pyramids and founded the German Institute for Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology in Cairo. He also studied the ancient Egyptian column types, the structure of the early Egyptian house, and the identification of Atlantis.
