Statue of Liberty New York was Originally meant for Suez Canal

As the Suez Canal neared completion in 1869, French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi tried to convince Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Egyptian government to let him build a sculpture called “Egypt Bringing Light to Asia” 

 

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Point No. 5 

 

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