A retired farmer spent 30 years building this massive model of Herod's Temple. Picture: Geoff Robinson Photography
The Telegraph reported today about a man from Norfolk, England, who has spent the last 30 years building an awesome, gigantic and highly detailed scale model of Herod’s Temple. Here are some interesting facts about it:
- Estimated 33,000 hours to construct
- Measures 20ft by 12ft
- Includes 4,000 tiny human figures, with authentic time-period dress
- 1:100 scale
- Everything is hand-made down to every clay brick and tile
- Took 3 years of research
- Still not finished
- Not for sale
- Resides in a building in the creator’s back garden
- The creator, Alec Garrard, is now 78 years old, and he started it when he was in his 40’s
- Some historians believe it to be the best representation of the temple in the world
Now that is pretty creative! You can see many more great photographs of the model at the Telegraph’s picture gallery.