With the help of three Italian workmen, Aphrodite made a grand entrance at The Leonardo on Monday — and she didn’t move an inch.
A 1,200-pound, 2,000-year-old statue of the Greek goddess — excavated nearly a century ago from the ruins of the volcano-stricken Italian town of Pompeii — was ceremonially uncrated Monday, as crews started setting up “Pompeii: The Exhibition,” at The Leonardo Museum of Creativity and Innovation in Salt Lake City.
“Every time you open a crate, it’s like seeing it for the first time,” said Jackie Hoff, registrar for the touring exhibition, which opens Saturday at The Leonardo, at 209 E.