A replica statue of the deity Serquet will be erected in Terminal 2. Written
By/ Nevine El-Aref.
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The Replica Statue of Serqet
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Amr El-Tibi, the executive director of the antiquities ministry's
Antiquity Replicas Unit, told Ahram Online that the statue will be taken from
the unit’s factory in Cairo’s Citadel to the airport on Thursday morning.
The statue is a gift from the antiquities ministry to the civil aviation
ministry, El-Tibi said, in an attempt to encourage tourism as well as to
highlight the ongoing cooperation between the two ministries, as well as the
tourism ministry.
El-Tibi explained that the polyester statue is four metres tall, weighs
150kg, and took two months to make. It is made of polyester and depicts
Serquet, one of the four protective ancient Egyptian deities who stretch their
arms to protect Tutankhamun's golden shrine. She wears a scorpion on her head.
Last month the antiquities ministry offered Ecuador a replica statue of
Ramses II, which is similar to the authentic one that was transported in 2006
from Ramses Square in downtown Cairo to the Grand Egyptian Museum overlooking
Giza Plateau, which is yet to open.
The statue was erected in Quito's Condado Square which was subsequently
renamed Egypt Square.
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