Christie ngayo Indlu yefandesi ithengise nje ukugcwala kwenkwenkwe-faroo Tutankhamun eLondon nge-6 yezigidi zeedola, icaphukisa abasemagunyeni base-Egypt, abathi umfanekiso oqingqiweyo bubuncwane benkcubeko obuphangwe ngabaphangi bamangcwaba.
Amagosa ase-Egypt athi ibust yabiwa kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, kwaye bacela ifandesi ukuba icinywe. UChristie uphendule ngelithi akukho nto iphosakeleyo malunga nentengiso kwaye ibibonisiwe iminyaka eyadlulayo ngaphandle kwesikhalazo.
"Le nto ayisiyiyo kwaye ayikhange ibe ngumba wophando," utshilo uChristie, enye yezona ndlu zakudala zefandesi, utshilo kwingxelo. Ifandesi yaqhubeka njengoko bekucwangcisiwe ngoLwesine.
Abaphathi bakaChristie bathi le bust yayiyinkosana yaseJamani uWilhelm von Thurn emva phaya ngee-1960s, kwaye kamva yathengiswa kwigalari eVienna, e-Austria. Le akhawunti iphikiswa ngabantwana benkosana kunye nomhlobo wayo osenyongweni, abathi ibingabanini beqhekeza, ngokophando lwakutsha nje lweLiveScience.
I-Bhritane inembali ende yeempikiswano ezibandakanya izinto zakudala ezifunyenwe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zeli lizwe njengegunya lasebukhosini. Imizekelo ibandakanya impikiswano ne-Greece malunga ne-Elgin Marble, ethi inkokheli yezabaSebenzi uJeremy Corbyn ithembise ukubuya xa inokuba yinkulumbuso. Urhulumente wase-Ethiopia ufake isikhalazo esisesikweni malunga nenani lezinto, ekukholelwa ukuba zathathwa ngexesha lokubanjwa kwe-Britane iMaqdala ngo-1868.
INigeria yanamhlanje ikwatyhola i-UK ngokuphanga izinto ezixabisekileyo ezivela kubukumkani baseBenin. UMyuziyam waseBritane eLondon uphethe ingqokelela yesibini yobukhulu bobugcisa bobukumkani emhlabeni.
Egypt yayisikhuseli saseBritane ngexesha elininzi le-19 kunye nele-20 leminyaka. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaKing Tut ayisiyiyo imbambano yokuqala malunga nezinto zakudala phakathi kweCairo neLondon. Ngo-2010, urhulumente wase-Egypt wanyanzelisa ukuba kubuyiswe i-Rosetta Stone, eyathi yenza ukuba kufunyanwe inkcazo yemibhalo yakudala yase-Egypt xa yafunyanwa ngo-1799, nangoku isabanjelwe kwi-British Museum.
Intsalela kaKumkani Tutankhamun yafunyanwa ngoochwephesha bezinto zakudala ngo-1922 kwaye yadala uqhwithela lokwazisa, ukuvuselela umdla woluntu kwi-Egypt yakudala. Isigqubuthelo segolide esidumileyo sikaTutankhamun sihlala siyenye yezona zinto zidumileyo zobugcisa emhlabeni.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In 2010, the Egyptian government demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone, which enabled the deciphering of ancient Egyptian scripts when it was discovered in 1799, and is still held at the British Museum.
- This account is contested by the prince's children as well as a close friend of his, who say he did not own the piece, according to a recent investigation by LiveScience.
- Christie's management says that the bust was owned by the German prince Wilhelm von Thurn as far back as the 1960s, and was later sold to a gallery in Vienna, Austria.
