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Totally incredible. There are even traces of paint everywhere!

• drcube 12y ago
  It was news to me when I discovered ancient Greece wasn't just white stone and marble everywhere. Almost all of it was painted bright, gaudy colors. In my opinion, it makes them more beautiful. http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient...
  • nly 12y ago
    Same in Egypt. There are still patches of paint on ceilings to be seen at the sights there. No sign of any Electrum though ;)
  • sramsay 12y ago
    Thanks, I was looking around for that link. I've known for a long time that ancient Greece wasn't white stone and marble everywhere, but I've never been able to quite picture it in my mind that way. I still imagine Socrates wandering among white stone buildings and people leading processions to a white stone Parthenon.