Egypt asks for help from Interpol to retrieve auctioned Tutankhamun bust

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Egypt asks for help from Interpol to retrieve auctioned Tutankhamun bust

Egypt

has requested help from Interpol to retrieve a bust of Tutankhamun that was sold at auction in London last week for over £4.7 million (€5.2 million).

A lawsuit in the UK has also been launched on behalf of Egypt.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Egypt’s National Committee of Antiquities

said it felt “deep dissatisfaction” at Christie’s auction house for allegedly ignoring requests to postpone the sale.

The statement added that a “great surprise” was also felt at receiving less than expected support from British authorities upon the request.

Egyptian authorities

campaigned to postpone the auction last Thursday amid claims the 28.5cm-high quartzite statue had been looted from Karnak Temple in Luxor.

But Christie’s maintains that it had provided “extensive information” about the bust.

Euronews

https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/12/tutankhamun-bust-goes-up-for-auction-in-london-as-egypt-renews-calls-to-cancel

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