How are Nefertiti replicas created?
Nefertiti was born in 1370 BC in Egypt but her celebrity has survived via legend and her striking image. She may be one of the first celebrity brands.
Today the original bust of Nefertiti resides at the Neues Museum in Berlin and is the most popular exhibit. Not only are people captivated by her iconic beauty in the display case, but they also want to take a piece of her home, so they go to the gift shop where they buy faithful replicas.
Watch our sneak peek video with Director David Langer in the ceramics workshop, where he finds out how the replicas are made.
Then tune into Museum Secrets: Inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums, Berlin on History Television on March 1 to uncover the secret of Nefertiti’s beauty.
Vlog: Is Camouflage the Secret to Success?
During our shoot at the Imperial War Museum in London Director Mary Anne Alton and our team were on a mission to find out what life was like for British subjects and soldiers during times of war, from World War One to the present.
In order to reveal the secrets of how to survive during wartime, the team ended up in a military uniform storage facility at the museum, where we found out how to remain hidden in plain sight on the battlefield.
Watch director Mary Anne Alton share a surprising revelation about how camouflage attire is especially relevant for fashionistas.
Investigating What Made Alexander The Great’s Armor the Best
At the National Archaeological Museum of Athens we discover more about how one hero took on the entire world in the 4th Century BC.
Grad student Scott Bartel and his professor Greg Aldrete decide to recreate the armor worn by Alexander and his troops. Simple, right? Take some bronze, pound it into shape…But Alexander didn’t use bronze, his armor was made of cloth. Could that work? The two researchers decide to find out by firing real arrows at the armor – while they are wearing it.
Check out some photos from our shoot!
Black Square (1915) – Still influential on Modern Art
The Black Square is a mysterious but easily overlooked painting by Kazimir Malevich made in 1915 that hangs at the Hermitage Museum in the “Hidden Treasures” gallery reserved for master Impressionist painters such as van Gogh, Renoir, Degas and Cezanne. It’s just a simple monotone square that looks nothing like the other elaborate works – So why is it there? Why did Stalin hate The Black Square? Why is this painting still influential today?
