15 fascinating information about Egypt

When French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi first had the concept to construct a statue of a peasant girl, wearing robes and holding up a large torch, he initially needed it to face on the entrance of Suez canal with the identify ‘Egypt Bringing Mild to Asia’. 

Nothing got here of the challenge, however Bartholdi persevered together with his thought, and was finally commissioned to construct the statue in New York Harbour. ‘Liberty Enlightening the World’ was unveiled in 1876, 7 years after the Suez canal was completed.