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New chief for Egyptology museum in Berlin
Jun 26, 2009, 14:49 GMT
Berlin - Berlin's Egyptology Museum, possessor of the bust of Queen Nefertiti and other great pharaonic treasures, is to gain a new chief, Friederike Seyfried, 49, board members decided Friday.
She replaces Dietrich Wildung who retires at the end of this month.
Seyfried, who is a veteran of digs in Egypt and is currently custodian of an egyptology museum in Leipzig, will oversee the Berlin museum's re-opening this October in a refurbished building, the Neues Museum, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said.
Key items, including the queen's bust, have been displayed since 2005 in another building, the Altes Museum.
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