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A 3,300-year-old statue with the features of King Tutankhamun sold for just shy of $6 million at a Christie’s auction in London on Thursday, but Egypt is claiming the figurine is stolen goods.
As a diplomatic dispute rages between Egypt and the auction house Christie's in London over a sculpture depicting the head of the pharaoh Tutankhamun , set to be auctioned on July 4, a Live ...
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.
A statue of King Tut sold for nearly $6 million at an auction in London on Thursday, despite claims from Egypt that it was stolen. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now °F.
Statue of King Tut, which Egypt claims was stolen, sells for $6 million despite outcry "Christie's has no evidence that this head of Tutankhamen left Egypt legally." ...
Six missing pieces from a colossal double statue of King Tut's grandparents have been discovered at a temple on Luxor's west bank, Egypt's minister of culture, Farouk Hosny, announced Tuesday (Jan ...
Egyptologists have discovered a statue of Queen Tiye, wife of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs and grandmother to the boy-king Tutankhamun, an Egyptian antiquities official said Tuesday.
Egyptologists have discovered a statue of Queen Ti, wife of one of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs and grandmother to the boy-king Tutankhamun.
3,000 year old statue unearthed in Egypt. King Tutankhamun, Egypt's boy king, ruled from 1333 B.C. to 1324 B.C., during the period of ancient Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom.
The second of a pair of fallen statues of King Tut's grandfather has been revealed at the tomb where he was buried, Egypt's antiquities minister announced today (May 31).. The alabaster statue ...
A Live Science investigation reveals more about the sketchy origins of a King Tut statue that has led to a diplomatic dispute between Egypt, the U.K. and the auction house Christie's.