Anubis to Meet Statue of Liberty in New York HarborBy STAN PARCHIN
March 15, 2010
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| Statue of Egyptian God Anubis Floats up Thames River. Photograph provided by Flickr. |
In anticipation of the special exhibition
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at Manhattan's Discovery Times Square Exposition (April 23, 2010-January 2, 2011), a towering five-ton sculpture of the Egyptian god Anubis will sail into New York Harbor on March 23, 2010. There it will be juxtaposed for a time with the majestic Statue of Liberty. Hopefully the massive work, measuring 7.6 m (25 ft.) in height, will then take up temporary residence in Shubert Alley, directly opposite the traveling show's last and largest American venue.
The statue of Anubis, the jackal-headed deity who figures prominently in the Egyptian
Book of the Dead, made a similar historic voyage. London's Tower Bridge was raised in Fall 2007 when the monumental work sailed up the Thames River before its placement in Trafalgar Square. The event heralded the appearance of the exhibition's 130 mostly pharaonic treasures at the 02 (November 15, 2007-August 30, 2008).