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Re: Temple of Zeus at Olympia
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Mon, 7 Jul 2003 00:45:53 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Richard Lucas wrote:
> I have built a minifig scale model of the Temple of Zeus, the building housing
> the Statue of Zeus by Pheidias. The statue itself is considered one of the seven
> Wonders of the ancient world, built in the fifth century BC. Although it was the
> building and its columns that first got me interested in this project, I like
> the way the statue turned out as well.
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> You can see pictures of the model at http://www.bulkbricks.com/zeus/zeus.htm
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> The web site is still under construction. I have some notes I haven't yet added
> that will go up in the next several weeks.
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> Enjoy!
In 2001 I was at Olympia, in the workshop, and on (what was left of) Zeus's
Temple. If you'd like some pictures I could send them to you.
In the meantime, very nice model, but the columns are all upright. :)
Brian
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Message has 2 Replies: | | Re: Temple of Zeus at Olympia
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| (...) I was about to say the same. Is that done to scale measurements? As it didn't seem all that big when I was there last year. Lovely model though. Now you just have to do the rest of the site... Jason Railton (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| (...) Wow, that must have been something to stand on the site itself. It would be great to see your photos. I've seen a few photos on the web of the ruins, but the resolution was low (or the pictures were small). It would be interesting to also (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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