The Leonardo starts unpacking artifacts from Pompeii, for exhibition opening Saturday

With the help of three Italian workmen, Aphrodite made a grand entrance at The Leonardo Museum of Creativity and Innovation 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 in Salt Lake City.“Every time you