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Will Nefertiti Return to Egypt for a Brief Visit?

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Will Nefertiti Return to Egypt for a Brief Visit?

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Will Nefertiti Return to Egypt for a Brief Visit? Saturday June 17, 2006#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)Egypt Asks Germany for a Majestic Loan by Stan Parchin Saturday, June 17, 2006 It’s no secret that Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has been seeking to repatriate (with measured success) particular Egyptian works of art and artifacts from foreign museums to their homeland. Among the objects on the top of his wish list are the Rosetta Stone and the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti. Al-Ahram Weekly reported on June 1, 2006 that Dr. Hawass, Director of the Giza Pyramids, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and curator of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs currently at Chicago’s Field Museum, has requested a three-month-long loan of the limestone bust of Nefertiti from the Berlin Museum. The occasion for Hawass’ ent