Ludwig Borchardt (5 October 1863 - 12 August 1938) was a German Egyptologist. He is best known for finding a famous bust of Nefertiti at Amarna.__NOTOC__

Life

Born in Berlin in 1863 into a well-established Jewish family, Borchardt was the second-oldest of six children of the merchant Hermann Borchardt (1830-1890) and Bertha, née Levin (1835-1910). Also known as Herbert, Borchardt initially studied Architecture

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