Today's itinerary: The Neues (pronounced NOY-es) Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the piece de resistance - the Reichstag.
The Neus Museum had been recently renovated, so the exhibits were fresh and the air conditioning functioning. For the most part.
The bottom floors contained exhibits of ancient Egypt, including a bust of Queen Nefertiti.
Some of the items on display were just exquisite. This is a bust of a woman with an elaborate headdress, including feathers.
The big draw was the bust of Queen Nefertiti, but we weren't allowed to take photos. The museum guards surrounded the bust, looming like hawks over everybody who made any motion to take out a cell phone.
So instead, we took a photo from the interwebs:
I particularly liked this carving of a charming family scene - Nefertiti (on the right), her husband, and babies hanging off them. Seems like normal family to me (ignoring the fact that Nefertiti and her husband were probably brother and sister):
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