Question 5

Question 5

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G.07.05

5th TEST: Arch-quarryman: Great! You are ready for the next test: We have been asked to send columns to Rome for the construction of a new basilica. Somewhere in the quarries there is a monolithic column of 9 meters, which is ready. Can you help me find it?

Did you find the trace?

YES

Well done. You are high on the trail, where you can see a monolithic column. Looking from above, you 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. Looking closely at the column, we realize its size and volume. It is of nine meters height, like the height of a current, three-storey building. Today it is not known, for which port or which place was intended. But it is certain, that it was made to decorate an important building of the time. It is possible that it was intended for Rome, since the Romans had a high regard for the Thassian marble. Although it was found in the waste of a quarry of Group B, on the east coast of the peninsula, archaeologists believe that it was probably carved in the quarry A11, which is located in the interior of the peninsula.
Go to the next spot to participate in the sixth Test.

NO

It doesn’t matter. Maybe a mistake was made with the identification of the location. The trace is high on the trail. From that point you can see a monolithic column. Looking from above, you 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. If you want you can attend the complete tour to find more information.
Go to the next spot to participate in the sixth Test.

40.60177

24.74068

ALK.16.03.01

Original text of the spot Unfinished monolithic column
Looking from above, you 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.
Original text of the spot Looking closely at the column, we realize its size and volume. It is of nine meters height, like the height of a current, three-storey building. Today it is not known, for which port or which place was intended. But it is certain, that it was made to decorate an important building of the time. It is possible that it was intended for Rome, since the Romans had a high regard for the Thassian marble. Although it was found in the waste of a quarry of Group B, on the east coast of the peninsula, archaeologists believe that it was probably carved in the quarry A11, which is located in the interior of the peninsula.