4,000-year-old Yemeni statue sold abroad

SANAA, March 05 (YPA) – Yemeni antiquities expert Abdullah Mohsen has revealed that a statue of Yemeni antiquities was sold at auction on December 5, 2023.

Mohsen said in a post on his Facebook page, “A statue from the antiquities of Yemen that may have been in a prayer position was sold at a public auction and is from the third millennium BC, meaning approximately 4,000 years ago.”

He indicated that the statue was smuggled from Yemen in 1998.

YPA