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Sunday, 20 May 2018

Mo Salah’s Boots join British Museum’s ancient Egyptian display

A pair of Mo Salah’s boots have been added to Ancient Egyptian artifacts on display at the British Museum, the Guardian reports. The boots were donated by Adidas after Salah won the Golden Boot award for being named the Premier League’s Player of the Season last week. “The boots tell a story of a modern Egyptian icon, performing in the UK, with a truly global impact,” said Neal Spencer, the museum’s keeper of ancient Egypt and Sudan. The unused X17 Deadly Strike boots, specially moulded to the shape of Salah’s feet, will be displayed near ancient Egyptian footwear starting 24 May.

Zahi, is, naturally enough, unhappy: One-time antiquities supremo and self-styled Indiana Jones Zahi Hawass, not content to be outshone at an antiquities exhibit by another Egyptian, is raising a stink, according to Egypt Independent.

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