Egypt asks German museum for Nefertiti bust
January 25th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 25 (IANS/AKI) Egypt's supreme council of antiquities has asked Berlin's Neues Museum to return a priceless painted limestone bust of Nefertiti, the ancient Egyptian queen renowned for her beauty.
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Germany rejects Egypt’s request to return Queen Nefertiti bust
January 25th, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by BNO News
BERLIN, GERMANY (BNO NEWS) -- Germany on Monday rejected the request from Egypt for the return of the 3,300-year old bust of Queen Nefertiti, DPA news agency reported.Zahi Hawas, secretary general of ... Read more...
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Sculptures dubbed ‘degenerate art’ by Hitler’s regime to go on display
November 10th, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): A collection of sculptures that was captured by Hitler's Nazis and declared 'degenerate art' is set to go on display.The 11 pieces of art, which date back from ... Read more...
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Nefertiti’s bust reveals she wasn’t the beauty as believed
September 20th, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 20 (ANI): A scan of ancient beauty Nefertiti's bust, one of the world's most famous objects, has revealed that the Egyptian queen actually had a bent nose and even had ... Read more...
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Return Nefertiti statue, Egypt to tell Germany
December 21st, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Dec 21 (RIA Novosti) Egypt is set to officially ask Germany to return a 3,300-year-old statue as it is believed to have been illegally taken out of the country in the ... Read more...
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Russian wartime bomb found outside Merkel’s Berlin apartment
April 25th, 2009 - 5:51 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 25 (DPA) A lost Russian bomb from the Second World War was discovered Friday just outside the Berlin apartment of Chancellor Angela Merkel, triggering a city-centre lockdown as bomb-disposal experts ... Read more...
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