The Sale of the Statue of Sekhemka: Turning Artefacts into a Commodity
* The authors are the Chairpersons of ‘Save Sekhemka Action Group’ in the UK and Egypt, respectively. The sale of the Old Kingdom statue of the Court Scribe Sekhemka to an anonymous private buyer by Northampton Borough Council for £15.76 million in 2014 has recently made headline news. This statue is particularly important, as it is the only statue of its […]
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