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Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s antiquities council, said that a meeting planned in Egypt on Dec.The bust of Nefertiti, the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten, is currently on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin; it was discovered by the German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt in 1912, who said he had Egyptian approval to take it.Hawass also said that the Berlin museum official would make the case “that the statue left Egypt through legal channels.
But Egypt has been calling for its return since 1930, and Mr.8 to discuss the possession of the statue would be attended by the director of the Egyptian antiquities department at the Berlin museum.German antiquities expert will attend talks next month to discuss Egypt’s demand for the return of a 3,500-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, Agence France-Presse reported.Hawass said that at the December meeting he would present evidence that “proves the statue left in an illegal way,” according to Agence France-Presse.
But Egypt has been calling for its return since 1930, and Mr.8 to discuss the possession of the statue would be attended by the director of the Egyptian antiquities department at the Berlin museum.German antiquities expert will attend talks next month to discuss Egypt’s demand for the return of a 3,500-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, Agence France-Presse reported.Hawass said that at the December meeting he would present evidence that “proves the statue left in an illegal way,” according to Agence France-Presse.
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