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Sold for US$57 million
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Sold for US$57 million

"a statue of a monkey"

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fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: December 07, 2007 01:07AM

Phoenician?
Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: December 07, 2007 02:16AM

NEW YORK (AFP) - A tiny and extremely rare 5,000-year-old white limestone sculpture from ancient Mesopotamia sold for 57.2 million dollars in New York on Wednesday, smashing records for both sculpture and antiquities.

[news.yahoo.com]
euclidean Report This Comment
Date: December 07, 2007 02:20AM

No, it's Elam, possibly older
The statue is known as the Guennol Lioness, it was found near Baghdad.
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: December 07, 2007 03:45AM

wow thanks man i missed that one