The Egyptian government had called on auction house Christies to cancel the sale of a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of boy pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The nations foreign ministry claims the bust was most likely stolen during the 1970s and is demanding documents that prove ownership of the artefact.
Cairo has also reached out to British authorities and the UN culture and education agency to try and stop the sale.
The statue, which features a brown quartzite head depicting Tutankhamun, could generate as much as £4,000,000.
It is currently scheduled to be auctioned off in July.
In a statement, Christies said the bust is not, and has not been, the subject of an investigation.
The auction house said Egypt had not expressed concern about the statue in the past despite it being exhibited publicly.
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They added that they would never auction an object over which there were legitimate concerns.
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