An omphalos is a religious stone artifact in the ancient world. In Greek, the word omphalos means "navel". Download high resolution version (480x640, 31 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 31 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The theatre, seen from above Delphi (Greek Δελφοί - Delphoi; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. ... In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... For the plant of this name, see Umbilicus rupestris. ...
According to the ancient Greeks, Zeus sent out two eagles to fly across the world to meet at its center, the "navel" of the world. Omphalos stones to denote this point were erected in several areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, the most famous of those at the oracle in Delphi. Omphalos stones were said to allow direct communication with the gods. Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... The theatre, seen from above Delphi (Greek Δελφοί - Delphoi; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. ...
Omphalos was created in 1999, a stone and concrete sculpture weighing a ton and measuring 1.61 metres in height.
The artist Ernst Billgren, who had bought Omphalos from Vilks, had told the enforcement service that "Omphalos must not be damaged." Despite this request that the work be handled with care, the DYKMA company's craneboat was sent to the site at dawn on 9 December.
Ladonia's official standpoint with regard to Omphalos is that they are dismayed and alarmed by the removal of the centre of the world, and that this is an act of war by the Swedes.
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