Egyptian statue sells for $30m

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A 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue has sold for about $30m at an auction in London.

The statue was sold by Northampton Borough Council to help fund a multi-million pound extension to Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.

The decision to sell the stature has angered some people including the Egyptian ambassador to Britain who said the council should have handed the statue back if it did not want it.

However, the leader of the council David Mackintosh told the BBC, “It’s been in our ownership for over 100 years and it’s never really been the centrepiece of our collection.”

“We want to expand our museum and to do that we need to raise the money.”

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10 Responses

ccc says:

July 30, 2014 at 7:46 pm

wow!!!!!!
dargaville says:

July 31, 2014 at 6:39 pm

Wow!
Falafles says:

August 4, 2014 at 1:32 pm

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Dr.Awesome says:

August 4, 2014 at 1:42 pm

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August 4, 2014 at 4:48 pm

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August 7, 2014 at 9:49 am

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August 7, 2014 at 10:42 am

damn i wish i had $30m
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August 7, 2014 at 7:26 pm

WOW THATS SO OLD
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August 12, 2014 at 2:12 pm

Okay, that is an awful lot of money but on the other hand it’s still so coooool!!!!! :O
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August 12, 2014 at 5:37 pm

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