BUST OF NEFERTITI, FOIA Results

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This is the Berlin Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection's full-color, 6.4 million-triangle 3D scan of the Bust of Nefertiti. I was able to obtain this data after a three-year freedom of information effort directed at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees Berlin State Museums. This story explains how I got the files: [reason.com/2019/11/13/a-german-museum-tried-to-hide-this-stunning-3d-scan-of-an-iconic-egyptian-artifact-today-you-can-see-it-for-the-first-time](https://reason.com/2019/11/13/a-german-museum-tried-to-hide-this-stunning-3d-scan-of-an-iconic-egyptian-artifact-today-you-can-see-it-for-the-first-time/). Please share the story via [Twitter](https://twitter.com/CosmoWenman/status/1194685593201938432) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine/posts/10157026406089117). I'm sharing the files here exactly as I received them from the museum, under the CC BY-NC-SA license they assigned to them, and which the museum digitally carved into the underside of the 3D model. Download the files by clicking here: [thingiverse.com/download:7252286](https://www.thingiverse.com/download:7252286) The files included are: * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p.obj (the 3D model) * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p.mtl (this file tells the model which color map to use) * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_img.png (this is the color map) * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p.pdf (the museum's accession and license info) The rest of the files are screenshots and some kind of browser viewer html the museum also included: * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht_Back.jpg * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht_Bottom.jpg (this shows the license carved into the model) * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht_Front.jpg * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht_Left.jpg * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht_Right.jpg * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht_Top.jpg * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht.htm * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht.ini * aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p_scrsht Attribution info for the original scan, as specified in the museum's PDF, included in the .zip file: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz Bust of Queen Nefertiti, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Ident. Nr. ÄM 21300. Statue | Armana | dat. Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten, 1351 BC / 1334 BC | limestone, painted; gypsum plaster, rock crystal, wax; 49,0 x 24,5 x 35,0 cm | Donation James Simon, 1920. [http://www.smb-digital.de](www.smb-digital.de) [http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=606189&viewType=detailView](www.smb-digital.dehttp://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=606189&viewType=detailView) 3D-Model by Trigon Art, Berlin 2008 | Structured-light 3D scan, 2008. (c) 3D Model: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz | ID No.: aem_aem21300_3dsl01_mo08-03_p.obj. Copyright restrictions apply. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Digital Permissions Services for Commercial Users contact: contact@bpk-bildagentur.de