Rebuild the ancient city of Pompeii with Lego bricks. Would you ever have thought about it? Ryan McNaught, better known as The Brickman, received this assignment from the Nicholson Museum in Sydney, Australia.
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Rebuild the ancient city of Pompei with bricks Lego. Would you ever have thought about it? Ryan McNaught, better known as The Brickman, has received this post since Nicholson Museum in Sydney, in Australia.
Man rebuilt the ancient city of Pompeii using at least 190 thousand Lego bricks. Now his creation is on display at the Australian museum. The reconstruction shows us how Pompeii could have been before its destruction, how it was when it was discovered in the eighteenth century and how it looks today.
As you know, the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption of Vesuvius dated to 79 AD According to the Nicholson Museum, it is the largest reconstruction of an ancient city ever built to this day.
In the past, McNaught has also created Lego versions of the Colosseum in Rome and the Acropolis in Athens for the same museum. The Nicholson Museum is part of theUniversity of Sydney, which focuses on the study of ancient cultures.
Innovative exhibitions such as the one involving the reconstruction of Pompeii with Lego bricks help students get in touch with the past and better understand daily life in ancient times. The use of the famous colored bricks made it possible to draw attention to the subject of a new, very young audience, who otherwise might not have visited the museum.
The exhibition is attracting the attention of Australian citizens and tourists, who have the opportunity to review some of the ancient history that concerns cultures and countries very distant from their homelands, but which is still a source of charm. and learning.
Marta Albè
Photo source: sydney.edu.au
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