Great interest has been aroused in archaeological circles over the suggestion by the Egyptian government that the famous bust of Nefertiti should returned to Egypt from the Museum of Egyptology in Berlin. The bust was, apparently, taken out of Egypt at the time when Herr Borchardt was excavating in 1914 on behalf of the German Archaeological Institute, the site of Akhenaten’s city at tel-el-Amarna. For some years this bust remained quietly in Berlin, and it was not until the early part of 1923 that its presence there became generally known … At once the bust was appreciated as one of the most superb examples of the sculptor’s art known to man, and replicas of it have by now permeated the civilised world. A few weeks ago the German government agreed to receive commissioners from Egypt to discuss the question of the ownership of this bust, and the matter is under discussion at the moment … The legal aspect of the case will depend on the terms upon which the German Institute were permitted to dig in Egyptian soil.
The Sphere, 4 February 1928