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Egypt can demand return of King Tut statue going up for auction: Former antiquities chief - ABC News
The quartzite statue, which portrays the boy king as Amun, the ancient Egyptian god of the sun and air, could generate at least 4 million pounds (more than $5 million), according to the auction house.
The red granite statue of Tut's grandfather, King Amenhotep III, is about 4 feet by 3 feet (1.3 meters by 0.95 meters) and depicts the Egyptian pharaoh wearing the double crown of ancient Egypt ...
The statue — a brown quartzite head depicting King Tut — is scheduled to be auctioned off in July, and could generate more than $5 million, according to Christie's.
Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...
Egypt is clicking its tongue “Tut Tut” over this. A statue of King Tut fetched nearly $6 million at an auction in London, despite cries from Egypt that the statue was stolen. In a joint… ...
Statue of King Tut, which Egypt claims was stolen, ... Egyptian authorities said that the statue was likely stolen during the 1970s from the Karnak temple in the Egyptian city of Luxor, ...
An Egyptian statue resembling the pharaoh Tutankhamun has been sold for £4.7 million ($5.97 million) at a London auction, despite protests from Cairo that the relic may have been stolen.. The 11 ...
Boasting King Tut's treasures and countless other riches, anticipation for the Grand Egyptian Museum mounts as delays thwart ...
The golden mask of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, affectionately known as Tut, the boy king, is world famous. But other artifacts found in his tomb in November 1922 are more obscure ...
On Nov. 26, 1922, the world of archeology scored the motherlode with the finding of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. Archaeologist Howard Carter beat the odds and discovered the mostly-untou… ...
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