Egyptian policeman arrested for trying to sell four ancient statues

Monsters and Critics ^ | Friday, February 9, 2007 | Deutsche Presse-Agentur

[SunkenCiv]

Antiquities police arrested a police guard in the Egyptian governorate of Qena who attempted to sell four pharaonic statues to a rich Arab for 4 million US dollars, a police source said Friday... One of the statues is ebony and the three others are golden. One is in the shape of a bird, another is a statue of a 16th dynasty (about 1600 BC) king, the third is of a pharaonic fighter and the fourth is of a noble.

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Wow, 16th dynasty. Wonder if it's authentic?

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[Dustbunny]

Wonder what the 'statues' looked like.