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Hatshepsut bust in Berlin may be forged
Posted: July 19th, 2009An Egyptian bust acquired by a Berlin museum over two decades ago may be a forgery. Scientists at the Technical University of Berlin had discovered the Hatshepsut stone was rich in the minerals magnesite and siderite. No other bust from the Nile region was made of such rock, suggesting that the 16.5-centimetre-high figure might be a modern fake