The Getty Conservation Institute is cooperating with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities on the project.

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But Pountney told Radio 4 that Getty's Usher House was "beautiful, refined, sophisticated and atmospheric".

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But Getty's chief executive and cofounder, ex-investment banker Jonathan Klein, couldn't disagree more with Davis' services-heavy strategy.

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Part of the Getty's own collection, the museum has agreed to give it back once the show finishes touring.

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