Alec Garrard, 78, has dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient Herod’s Temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft.
The pensioner has hand-baked and painted every clay brick and tile and even sculpted 4,000 tiny human figures to populate the courtyards.
Historical experts believe the model is the best representation in the world of what the Jewish temple actually looked like and it has attracted thousands of visitors from all over the globe.
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Mr Garrard, from Norfolk, spent more than three years researching the Temple, which was destroyed by the Romans 2000 years ago and deemed to be one of the most remarkable buildings of ancient times.He then started to construct the amazing 1:100 scale model, which is now housed in a huge building in his back garden.
13 deowll: “When the old boy passes away I figure a couple of guys with shovels can have that space cleaned up in no time.”
You laugh. This happened to the old boy who made the Challenger Relief Map of British Columbia: a monumental, hand built 80-by-76 foot topographic map of the province made of carved wood. Built by George Challenger and his family from 1947 to 1954, it features all of B.C.’s mountains, lakes, rivers and valleys in exact-scaled topographical detail.
The Guinness Book of Records cites the Challenger Map as the largest of it’s kind in the world. The map in its entirety occupies 6,080 square feet (1,850 square metres) of space.
A masterful piece of work. 30 years of effort doesn’t deserve smart ass comments.
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Pathetic.