Berlin’s Egyptian Museum placed a 3000-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti atop the modern nude torso created by German artists, who then videotaped it for their installation at the Venice Biennale. But Egyptians are protesting, saying the project demeans their culture. Museum officials defend the work, saying that “the 19-inch-high bust, with its elegantly arched brows and towering blue headdress, sat only briefly on the life-size body created by Hungarian artists Andras Galik and Balint Havas. The transfer on May 26 was done with care.”