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Mysteries Of The Parthenon...How Could They Do All That? »

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Smithsonian: "How did the Athenians construct their...icon of Western Civ, in less than a decade...without an overall building plan? How did they manage to incorporate subtle visual elements into the Parthenon's layout & achieve such faultless proportions & balance? And how were the Parthenon's builders able to work at a level of preci

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BoxMonkey7 months ago

Pretty interesting .
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vor7 months ago

The Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Nazca Lines and Mayan temples, all just examples that show we have little understanding of what was truly going on in the ancient world. We are still missing some critical keys to the past. And all of this magnificent work done without the worship of a Christian God. How can that be?
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Shadowolf7 months ago

Sounds like the Ancients had a few secrets they didn't pass on...
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Francisca7 months ago

Thanks for posting this article...I always have been fascinated by Greek Architecture! The pictures of "unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon" must be seen! We understand all the work...
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abntv7 months ago

The answer to the question in the title is really very simple.
They did not have to deal with labor unions or enviromentalists
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