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Germany Returns Ancient Sphinx to Turkey

Posted July 28th, 2011 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Germany has returned an ancient sphinx to Turkey, ending years of squabbling over the valuable sculpture. Turkish officials say the 3,500-year-old figure of a lion’s body with a human head will be returned to its home in Hattusha in Turkish Anatolia after nearly a century-long absence. The sphinx was unearthed by German archeologists in the […]

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