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Charlottenburg Palace and Egyptian Museum

Our bus tour allowed us to get off and on all day at any of over a dozen sites. We were feeling lazy so we stayed on but when we got to the Egyptian Museum we had to get off and check it out. There was Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Castle) built in 1695 as a summer residence across the street that we visited first. It was ok, but we've seen much more impressive palaces elsewhere.

The Egyptian Museum is where the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti is housed. It is in remarkably good shape considering it is displayed exactly as it was found in 1912! The other major item on display is the Temple Gate of Kalabsha. Besides those the museum is filled with many really nice Egyptian artifacts. I'm no Egyptologist but I still found this museum very interesting.

The museum didn't mind photography but had a strict policy against using a flash. This was the best my camcorder could do with available light.
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Lily posing in front of Charlottenburg Palace.
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Some info about the palace.
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Front view of the bust of Queen Nefertiti.
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Side view of the bust of Queen Nefertiti.
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Close-up view. This bust was displayed in a room all by itself.
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The Temple Gate of Kalabsha.
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A view up one of the columns.
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A close-up of a column.
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Another close-up.
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Shot of the top of the Gate.
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Another view of the Gate.
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A nice view of a single panel on the Gate.
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Lily poses next to the gate.
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Another bust not nearly in as good shape as Nefertiti.
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I wish I could read this.
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Another tablet.
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This statue was on display near the Gate.
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Now that is an erie looking face.
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Another head with a really cool hat.
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A statue of a woman.
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Another head.
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Another tablet or section of wall.
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Close-up of another wall section.
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It was hard to take pictures through the class but this one turned out interesting.
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I thought this section was interesting.
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This looks like papyrus.
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Lily poses behind a statue of a baboon.
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Another wall section.
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I always heard the Egyptians loved their cats.
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Is it a baby? Is it a beetle?
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A bunch of mummies.
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Here was an unusual face painted on a mummy.
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I think these jars were used to store organs.
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No need for an open casket?
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More cool looking statues.
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And another one.
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Another tablet.
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A painting.
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A statue of two women.
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A statue of a goat?
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Ann
10-Mar-2007 11:37
The "statue of two women" is actually a married couple from the New Kingdom.  Both men and women wore elaborate wigs and linen garments.
massimo
12-Sep-2006 08:23
Good job, man, I'm proud of your taste.I'm compleaty against the  idea of giving back the artifacts:did you forget the politics of the integralists about ancient pagan images? It is risky to live so many civlisation testimony in their hands & besides it is good that many countries have important ancient egyptian collections : many people have direct acces to the ancient egyptian art avoiding lomg trips not always possible .
r h
01-Apr-2006 16:32
I t would be nice and the right thing to do if the museum would return these egyptian artifacts back to where they belong,  Egypt!!!!!!!!
David
15-Jan-2004 13:08
i was here 2 years ago. it was the best time i've had since i love anything egyptain. the bust was the greatest to finally see it for real! and this place holds the most artifacts besides in cario! and i had a little group following me. because i was explaining alot of what was there. i hope to go there again soon!!
bavita JANKEE
21-Oct-2003 01:36
hi... i was about 2 years ago. when i was there i wasnt really interested but now i realise how beautiful it was n im really proud of having visited the egyptian palace... log live Germany!!!!

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