Museum has acquired an ancient artifact in 1998. Egypt, with the help of the U.S. federal government has long insisted on his return: last January, a federal prosecutor in St. Louis Museum warned that the authorities intend to remove the mask, what provoked the lawsuit, in which the museum insisted on the abolition of the decision of the federal government. The museum in its lawsuit insists that the evidence that the mask belongs to Egypt, no. After a detailed investigation of the provenance item before buying it, the museum came to the conclusion that the mask at the time of extracting it from the ground are not subject to laws that would have made it the property of the state of Egypt, and that she had not been stolen or illegally imported into the U.S. . The judge, having considered the matter, found unconvincing the claims of the federal authorities on the grounds that they did not provide any actual evidence of membership subject to Egypt and the reasons for the possible removal of the mask from a museum.

valuable artifact, thus remain in the museum, the administration is, of course, such a happy solution. However, in recent cases in the institution, and so is doing well: recently it was announced that the museum has collected 147 million dollars to build a new wing, which should open next year.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI