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The opening of Cairo's new museum has intensified calls for the return of the iconic Nefertiti bust, currently housed in Berlin, highlighting ongoing debates over cultural repatriation of ancient artifacts.
A collection of ancient Egyptian sculptures and artifacts, including a nearly 4,000-year-old red sandstone statue head, was discovered buried in the grounds of Melville House, a school in Scotland, between 1952 and 1984. Researchers have now determined that the artifacts were likely brought to the estate by Alexander Leslie-Melville, a young heir who traveled to Egypt in 1856 and acquired the collection. The objects were then forgotten and buried until their rediscovery. The story of how these Egyptian objects ended up in Scotland remains a fascinating mystery.