“Off with their heads, and on with mine!” – or something of the sort – said Roman Emperor Caligula when he demanded that all artistically acclaimed statues of Greek gods, especially the wondrous statue of Zeus at Olympia, be brought from Greece so that their heads could be removed to replace them with his sculpted portrait.
Unlucky for him, Caligula was assassinated in 41AD, before his grand plan could be implemented. Unlucky for everyone else, the giant 7m wide and more than 12m tall statue of Zeus, completed by the sculptor Phidias by around 320BC and considered one of the seven wonders of the world, was destroyed several centuries later.
It seems that luck is right around the corner however, as the Cyprus-based project Amazing World plans to bring the ancient world with all its richness of history, legend and myth to the 21st century with the main attraction being the recreation of the former wonder of the world.
A majestic stone maze park is planned to be completed by June 2019 – less than three years since the team initially sat down and drew up a plan for the project in an area between Limassol and Paphos, purposefully away from the overcrowded beaches and deeper into Cyprus’ mountains, which we all know we need more excuses to visit in the hot summer months.
Continue reading at Source: Cyprus Mail
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