Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Pompeii recreated in Lego

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A Lego version of Pompeii has been built out of 190,000 blocks at Sydney University’s Nicholson Museum.


It’s the largest model of the ancient city ever constructed out of Lego blocks. There is a mix of ancient and modern elements within the model’s narrative; displaying Pompeii as it was at the moment of destruction by the volcano Vesuvius in 79AD, as it was when rediscovered in the 1700s, and as it is today.


The historical model is the exhibition centrepiece in an archaeological museum where, until recently, displays of Lego would have been unthinkable.


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Story: Craig Barker, The Conversation | Photo: Craig Barker/Nicholson Museum



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