法老雕像被拍，埃及强烈谴责英方

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，尽管遭到反对，佳士得拍卖行还是在上周，将一尊有3000年历史的著名少年法老图坦卡蒙雕像拍卖，埃及已请求国际刑警组织帮助追查此事。

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

这家英国拍卖行以470万英镑(590万美元)的价格售出了这尊图坦卡蒙国王的棕色石英岩头像。

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.

埃及全国文物归还委员会星期一晚间发表声明说，它聘请了一家英国律师事务所对佳士得提起诉讼，指控其没有提供证明其所有权的文件。

Christie’s has denied any wrongdoing.

佳士得方面否认有任何不当行为。

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

该委员会还批评英国当局不支持其对该雕塑的主张。