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2. Elgin Marbles - Wikipedia

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   The Pentelic marble mined from Mount Pentelicus north of Athens, from which the sculptures are made, naturally acquires a tan colour similar to honey when exposed to air; this colouring is often known as the marble's "patina" [91] but Lord Duveen, who financed the whole undertaking, acting under the misconception that the marbles were ...

3. Elgin-Butler Brick Company - Wikipedia

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   Elgin-Butler also made fire brick, fireplace liners and solar screen tile at its plant in Elgin, Texas. Following the sale of the company, Elgin-Butler's introduced thin glazed brick as well as its subsidiaries, McIntyre Tile Company, Inc. and Trikeenan Tile Works, manufactured glazed thin brick, and art tile at their respective plants in ...

4. Parthenon - Wikipedia

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   The Parthenon was built primarily by men who knew how to work marble. These quarrymen had exceptional skills and were able to cut the blocks of marble to very specific measurements. The quarrymen also knew how to avoid the faults, which were numerous in the Pentelic marble. If the marble blocks were not up to standard, the architects would ...

5. Great Eleusinian Relief - Wikipedia

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   The relief is made of Pentelic marble, and it is 2,20 m. tall, 1,52 m. wide, and 15 cm thick. [4] It depicts the three most important figures of the Eleusianian Mysteries; the goddess of agriculture and abundance Demeter, her daughter Persephone queen of the Underworld and the Eleusinian hero Triptolemus, the son of Queen Metanira, [3] [4] in what appears to be a rite. [1]

6. Elgin Marbles could ‘soon be returned to Greece’ as part of ...

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   The so-called Elgin Marbles could soon be returned to Greece as the British Museum reportedly closes in on a landmark deal. George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum and former Tory ...

7. Mount Pentelicus - Wikipedia

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   Pentelic marble is calcitic in composition with quartz as an accessory mineral. It is fine grained with sporadic calcitic fossil clasts . [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Pentelic marble is divided into 3 units distinguishable by δ 13 C and δ 18 O values. δ 13 C and δ 18 O values have been used to precisely match marbles from the Acropolis to their source quarries.