Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat II (ca. 1919–1885 B.C.) was installed recently in the Met’s Great Hall. It is on a 10 year loan from the collection of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
The image on left shows the statue being lifted from the Berlin Pergamon Museum courtyard over the "Kupfergraben" canal (it looks puny but the bridge was not strong enough to carry the nine-ton weight).
The following video documents the statue's daylong installation at the Met in New York.
Source: The Met
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