Visitors to Abu Dhabi International Airport will be forgiven for thinking they’ve stepped back in time or onto the set of the latest Spielberg blockbuster or an episode of The Flintstones.
Einstein, a 23 metre, 4.5 tonne skeleton of an Apatosaurus, will spend
the next two and a half months on display in the Arrivals Hall in
Terminal 1.
Discovered in Dakota, USA, Einstein has been
transported in ten cargo crates to Abu Dhabi courtesy of Abu Dhabi
Airports Company (ADAC) and Etihad Airways.
Accompanied and reconstructed by a team of paleontology experts, the entire process was achieved in less than a day.
Einstein’s
skeleton is now in situ, and the exhibition will formally open to the
public next week, with information available on the dinosaur’s past and
vital statistics, as well as opportunities for visitors to have their
photos taken with the relic.
The exhibition will be free of
charge, and visitors will be able to see Einstein without checking in
or making a journey through the airport.
Dan Cappell, vice
president non-aeronautical revenue, Abu Dhabi Airports Company, said:
“This is a unique moment for Abu Dhabi. Einstein is an incredible relic
from prehistoric times and provides a great educational opportunity for
children and their families, allowing people young and old to learn
about a part of the world’s history that is normally only accessible in
museums.
In October, Einstein’s skeleton will be auctioned off
internationally at a reserve price of $2 million, with 20 percent above
the reserve of the auction price going to the charity for endangered
species of Arabian wildlife.
Einstein is an Apatosaurus (also
known as a Brontosaurus), a long-necked vegetarian dinosaur who lived
during the Jurassic Period, approximately 150 million years ago.
Although
no dinosaur remains have been found in the UAE, the recent discovery of
dinosaur footprints in Yemen have reinvigorated interest in the
region’s prehistory, and Abu Dhabi has its own Department of Cultural
Landscapes within the Authority for Culture and Heritage who are
responsible for investigating remains across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Einstein, a 23 metre, 4.5 tonne skeleton of an Apatosaurus, will spend
the next two and a half months on display in the Arrivals Hall in
Terminal 1.
Discovered in Dakota, USA, Einstein has been
transported in ten cargo crates to Abu Dhabi courtesy of Abu Dhabi
Airports Company (ADAC) and Etihad Airways.
Accompanied and reconstructed by a team of paleontology experts, the entire process was achieved in less than a day.
Einstein’s
skeleton is now in situ, and the exhibition will formally open to the
public next week, with information available on the dinosaur’s past and
vital statistics, as well as opportunities for visitors to have their
photos taken with the relic.
The exhibition will be free of
charge, and visitors will be able to see Einstein without checking in
or making a journey through the airport.
Dan Cappell, vice
president non-aeronautical revenue, Abu Dhabi Airports Company, said:
“This is a unique moment for Abu Dhabi. Einstein is an incredible relic
from prehistoric times and provides a great educational opportunity for
children and their families, allowing people young and old to learn
about a part of the world’s history that is normally only accessible in
museums.
In October, Einstein’s skeleton will be auctioned off
internationally at a reserve price of $2 million, with 20 percent above
the reserve of the auction price going to the charity for endangered
species of Arabian wildlife.
Einstein is an Apatosaurus (also
known as a Brontosaurus), a long-necked vegetarian dinosaur who lived
during the Jurassic Period, approximately 150 million years ago.
Although
no dinosaur remains have been found in the UAE, the recent discovery of
dinosaur footprints in Yemen have reinvigorated interest in the
region’s prehistory, and Abu Dhabi has its own Department of Cultural
Landscapes within the Authority for Culture and Heritage who are
responsible for investigating remains across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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