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Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass urges German museum to return Nefertiti’s bust

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return of the pharaonic bust of queen Nefertiti from the Neues museum in Berlin to Egypt. Nefertiti's famous painted limestone bust was uncovered at tell El-Amarna, around 300 km South of Cairo, in 1912 by a German archaeological mission, which shipped it to Berlin the following year. Watch in for more details!