法老雕像被拍，埃及強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)英方

Egypt says it has asked Interpol to help track down a 3,000-year-old sculpture of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun after Christie’s auctioned it off last week despite its objections.

埃及表示，盡管遭到反對，佳士得拍賣行還是在上周，將一尊有3000年歷史的著名少年法老圖坦卡蒙雕像拍賣，埃及已請求國際刑警組織幫助追查此事。

The Britain-based auction house sold the brown quartzite head depicting King Tut for 4.7 million pounds (US$5.9 million).

這家英國拍賣行以470萬英鎊(590萬美元)的價格售出了這尊圖坦卡蒙國王的棕色石英巖頭像。

Egypt’s National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation said in a statement late Monday that it hired a British law firm to file a suit against Christie’s, saying it did not provide papers proving ownership.

埃及全國文物歸還委員會星期一晚間發(fā)表聲明說，它聘請了一家英國律師事務(wù)所對佳士得提起訴訟，指控其沒有提供證明其所有權(quán)的文件。

Christie’s has denied any wrongdoing.

佳士得方面否認(rèn)有任何不當(dāng)行為。

The committee also criticized British authorities for not supporting its claim to the sculpture.

該委員會還批評英國當(dāng)局不支持其對該雕塑的主張。