Denver Puts “God of the Dead” Statue at Airport (Video)
I don’t know what all the fuss is about. I mean this is a really cool God, as Gods go. Read the story and watch the video from Fox News:
As if a 30-foot tall blue horse with glowing red eyes wasn’t startling enough, travelers at Denver International Airport are now being greeted by a new Behemoth.
On Wednesday, workers erected a 26-foot tall, seven-ton replica of Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead, adjacent to the main terminal. The statue is here to promote the upcoming King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.
According to one web site, Anubis is the “jackal-god of mummification,” and “assisted in the rites by which a dead man was admitted to the underworld.”
While art enthusiasts are excited about the statue, some air travelers aren’t sure if they feel more or less secure with Anubis looking in.
“If it’s the god of death, I wouldn’t exactly be putting it in front of the airport,” said passenger Keith Mears.
For Josh Meyers, it wasn’t very reassuring either.
“I don’t like flying to begin with,” he said. “It’s kind of weird, especially being at an airport. Bad voodoo.”
“Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” opens June 29th at the Denver Art Museum.
The statue stands just a short distance from DIA’s other towering work of art: the controversial ‘Mustang’ by Luis Jimenez who died in 2006 when a large piece of ‘Mustang’ fell on him in his studio.
‘Mustang’ has earned the nicknames “Bluecifer,” “Satan‘s Steed,” and “Blue Devil Horse.”
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Thanks a lot.
Anubis is cool, but a weird choice for an airport. Maybe Horus would have been better, as he was a protector/ avenger with the head of a hawk.
“Bluecifer”
I thought that was the Duke mascot.
-SJ