Well, it didn’t take long for the revolution in Egypt to be thrown back in the face of Zahi Hawass who has been loudly demanding Egypt’s treasures back from Germany, the UK and other museums. The Wall Street Journal reminds Hawass that his country’s patrimony seems safer in Europe than in his own museums:

These events make Mr. Hawass’s quest to return all Egyptian objects to Egypt misguided or at least poorly timed. Last week he again demanded the return of the bust of Nefertiti from Berlin. The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum has long been on Mr. Hawass’s wish list, along with the Zodiac Ceiling in the Louvre and statues in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and museums in Hildesheim, Germany, and Turin, Italy. Continue Reading