Quarry of Group C. Quarrying Techniques

Quarry of Group C. Quarrying Techniques

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Today, due to the rise of sea level, the level of group C quarries is almost always covered with water. Nevertheless, the quarrying and detachment techniques of marble bulks are identified by the clues of marble bulks’ mining, left at several positions in the area.
According to the researcher of the French Archaeological School, Manuela Wurch-Közelj, once a year, on the second moon in the beginning of the year, the water recedes a lot and visitors can get closer to the areas of the quarries, which remain covered by the sea during the rest of the year.

While we are moving west, and to the upper part of the path,, we see that today, due to the rise of sea level, the level of group C quarries is almost always covered with water. Nevertheless,, the quarrying and detachment techniques of marble bulks, are identified by the clues of marble bulks’ mining, left at several positions in the area.
According to the researcher of the French Archaeological School, Manuela Wurch-Közelj, once a year,, on the second moon in the beginning of the year, the water recedes a lot, and visitors can get closer to the areas of the quarries, which remain covered by the sea during the rest of the year.

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