[SunkenCiv]

A year or few ago, Hawass was trying to get the bust "on loan"; also, a sculpture made as a temporary companion piece to the bust was claimed to be offensive to Islam or some such crap, and Hawass demanded that the bust be returned.

[SunkenCiv]

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[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

One can have sympathy for countries that want artifacts returned. However, given the instabilities-(of various kinds)-exhibited by Third World countries I don't think it is wise. For example, the Buddha destroyed by the Taliban.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

The Egyptians lost it once, they could lose it again. Leave where is.

[mass55th]

From what I understand, the Berlin museum’s excuse for refusing the loan to Egypt was that the bust was too fragile to be moved. Yet the same museum managed to move it for several hours from the glass case to pose it for photos on top of a bronze body torso. The bust was also recently CT scanned, but I haven’t been able to find out if it was moved out of the case to do that. The museum seems willing to move it for their own purposes, but not for it to be on loan. But frankly, the fragile excuse is just that...an excuse. They’re simply afraid that if Egypt got its hands on the bust, they’d never get it back.

[gridlock]

Simple... Divide the statue is two, and give half to each country...