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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Egypt Vows "Scientific War" If Germany Doesn't Loan Nefertiti


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A 3,500-year-old bust of ancient Egypt's Queen Nefertiti stares out from its perch in Berlin's Egyptian Museum. On April 18 Egypt's antiquities chief threatened to ban exhibitions and tours of Egyptian artifacts from Germany if the European country does not agree to loan the sculpture.

Photograph from AFP/Getty Images