Egypt Seeks Loans of Overseas Artifacts
April 30, 2007 By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer
The 3,300 years-old bust of Nefertiti sits in an exhibition in the Kulturforum in Berlin in a Tuesday, March 1, 2005 photo. Egypt said Sunday it would ask museums abroad to temporarily send back some its most precious artifacts including the Rosetta Stone and bust of Nefertiti to be put on display here. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)
(AP) -- Egypt said Sunday it would seek the temporary return of some of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone and a bust of Nefertiti.
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