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Carrara marble from the Apian Alps: Another famous ancient workable stone
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Carrara marble from the Apian Alps: Another famous ancient workable stone

26/06/2018

Dr Robert Sturm (Austria) This is the last in a series of four articles I have written on the quarries and marble of the ancient world and the works of art made from it. The others are Mining in Ancient Greece and Rome, Marble from the Isle of Paros in … Read More

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Mining in ancient Greece and Rome
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Mining in ancient Greece and Rome

14/07/2016

Dr Robert Sturm (Austria) Ancient civilizations had a high demand for raw materials, like clay, diverse rocks and, most of all, metals. These were required for buildings, crafts, agriculture, their armed forces, financial concerns, art and culture. Clays and rocks produced by opencast mining primarily served for the production of … Read More

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