Nefertiti 'staying in Berlin' says German culture minister

Egyptian demands for the bust of ancient queen Nefertiti to return to Cairo fell on deaf ears, as Germany's State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann said the statue belonged in Germany. Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass announced last week that he was about to formally request Nefertiti's return to Cairo. Neumann insisted that the bust was lawfully acquired in 1913 by the German Oriental Company, and was later rightfully passed to the Prussian state.