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Nefertiti bust draws 1.2 million visitors in year to Berlin museum
Oct 14, 2010, 11:00 GMT
Berlin - The bust of ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti, whose ownership is a point of dispute between Germany and Egypt, has drawn some 1.2 million visitors since the Neues Museum where it is displayed re-opened last year, museum officials said Thursday.
The museum, on Berlin's UNESCO World Heritage Site-awarded Museum Island, was shut for 70 years after being badly damaged in World War II bombing, and will celebrate its first anniversary since re-opening on Saturday.
The 3,300-year-old Nefertiti bust is the centre-piece of the museum's collection. Officials there say it was legally purchased in 1913. But Egyptian officials have continued to insist that the bust should be returned.
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