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Thursday, July 5, 2018

In Pics: Ancient Egyptian artifacts sold in auction in London - Egypt Today


https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53399/In-Pics-Ancient-Egyptian-artifacts-sold-in-auction-in-London
The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold          Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled          The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo

In Pics: Ancient Egyptian artifacts sold in auction in London

Thu, Jul. 5, 2018

CAIRO – 5 July 2018: The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques".

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The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo

The pieces, displayed in the auction, are Egyptian Hieroglyphs carved on a sandstone rock, worth £7,000 to £10,000; and an Egyptian crocodile mummy dating back to the Roman-Ptolemaic era of a value estimated at £4,000 to £6,000.
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The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo

Additionally, the auction presents a mask of the ancient Egyptian stone coffin from the Ptolemaic era, estimated at around £12,000- £18,000; an Egyptian mummy's mask from the Roman era estimated at around £10,000 – £15,000 and a portrait of a woman from the Roman era estimated at £3,000 - £5,000.
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The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo

Other exhibited antiquities include two strips of Egyptian papyrus from the "Book of the Dead of Ptah-Hetep" from the early Ptolemaic era estimated at £15,000 – £25,000; a mask of an Egyptian mummy estimated at £10,000 – £15,000 and a painting of an Egyptian coffin in the late period, worth £5,000 – £8,000.

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The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo

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The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo

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The Bonhams International Auction House in London sold Thursday ancient Egyptian artifacts in an auction titled "Antiques"-Press Photo
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