Quarrying techniques during the Roman era
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Quarrying techniques during the Roman era
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ALK.16.02.01
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Looking from above, we cannot realize the height and the volume of this incomplete, monolithic column, which today, although it is half-covered with waste from the quarries, reveals the skills of the craftsmen of that time, who were able to create ornate marble objects, although they had a few tools at their disposal. What did it go wrong, and the column was left forever buried? We might never know.
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Looking from above,, we cannot realize the height and the volume of this incomplete, monolithic column, which today,, although it is half-covered with waste from the quarries, reveals the skills of the craftsmen of that time, who were able to create ornate marble objects, although they had a few tools at their disposal. What did it go wrong, and the column was left forever buried? We might never know.
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“Quarrying techniques during the Roman era,” iGuide Repo, accessed December 23, 2024, http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/items/show/1777.
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