Nefertiti bust stays in Berlin as Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum opens

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo opened with 100,000 ancient objects, but the iconic bust of Nefertiti remains in Berlin’s Neues Museum, sparking renewed calls for its return. Egyptians argue the bust was taken illegally and the museum is now fully equipped to house it safely. Berlin maintains the transfer was legal and refuses restitution, though historians debate its legitimacy in a colonial context.

Source: France 24

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