Thursday, September 23, 2010

Acropolis, Part Deux - The workshop

All of these pieces of stone are numbered and categorized so they may be put back together and fit exactly.  Isn't it amazing how the modern world needs dynamite, cranes and a host of big machinery to accomplish this, while the ancient Greeks just made it happen. In fact, the design is so finely detailed that the fluted columns are ever so slightly tapered at the top and the four corner pillars are slightly wider than the rest.  There is also a wonderful museum, just completed about a year ago, where they have many of the sculptures and artifacts found at the site.

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