Christie's Global Auction House is organizing an auction entitled "Antiques" next April 21, in New York. The auction will offer a number of Egyptian artifacts and the Near East, Romanian, Greek and Italian artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period up to 1000 AD.
Auctioneers pointed out that we are pleased to include many important ancient treasures, including a beautiful Greek bronze Corinthian helmet dating back to the late sixth century BC, and the head of a Greek marble statue of "Apollo".
Among the pieces on sale is a statue of King Senusert III, made of granite, and the price of the piece is estimated to be between 70 and 90 thousand dollars.
It is noteworthy that Senusert III 1878 BC-1839 BC was one of the fifth pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty, ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC, and is considered one of the greatest pharaohs of the middle state, he was called by the Greeks Sisostris III and is a source of the myth of Sisostris. The name is pronounced "Snowosert III."
Senusert III continued expansion in the Middle Egyptian kingdom in Nubia, and erected huge river fortresses, including Pohn and Toshka, at Orontarty, and reached the third waterfall.
There is an obelisk that mentions his military achievements in Nubia and Palestine. He also built a castle in the Phoenician city of Byblos and built two obesity and barren castles beyond the second cataract to protect southern and western Egypt.
The Pharaoh Senusert III built for himself a pyramid of milk, and he covered it with stones. It is located in the northern Dahshur, “Al-Lasht”, that is, in “Al-Lahoun”, and he called it “Hutb”, and it is characterized by the design of the burial chamber in it.
Wed, Mar. 18, 2020
