Posted on 04/22/2010 8:02:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Massimo Osanna, head of archaeology at Basilica University, said that the team working at Torre Satriano near Potenza in what was once Magna Graecia had unearthed a sloping roof with red and black decorations, with "masculine" and "feminine" components inscribed with detailed directions on how they slotted together.
Professor Christopher Smith, director of the British School at Rome, said that the discovery was "the clearest example yet found of mason's marks of the time. It looks as if someone was instructing others how to mass-produce components and put them together in this way"" he told The Times.
Professor Osanna suggested that a "fashion for all things Greek" among the indigenous population had led an enterprising builder to produce "affordable DIY structures" modelled on classical Greek buildings. The terracotta roof filtered rainwater down the decorative panels, known as cymatiums, with projections to protect the wall below.
"All the cymatiums and several sections of frieze also have inscriptions relating to the roof assembly system," Professor Osanna told Storica, the Italian magazine of the National Geographic Society.
He added: "So far around a hundred inscribed fragments have been recovered, with masculine ordinal numbers on the cymatiums and feminine ones on the friezes". He said the result was "a kind of instruction booklet".
"The characteristics of these inscriptions indicate they date back to around the 6th century BC, which tallies with the architectural evidence suggested by the decoration," Professor Osanna said.
He said that the decorative features were remarkably similar to those on another structure unearthed at Braida di Vaglio nearby: "The similarity in the use of these decorations indicates the same origin" he said. "Possibly the same mould was used".
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Does IKEA really go back that far??? (just kidding ...)
Don’t tell me that everyone had the same Fresco, how embarassing! :)
IKEA's method of instruction is not new ~ that's the way folks HAD TO DO IT way back when.
There were quite a number of basically identical temples, it had occurred to me that it seemed analogous to what Sears (and other companies) used to do, which was sell mail-order housing; the lumber would arrive, along with the doors and window sashes packed in straw for shipping, a set of plans, and “good luck”. Things like door hardware, lath and plaster, and shingles were procured locally.
The columns of the Parthenon are not a single piece from bottom to top, they’re carved as chunks, and were quite carefully planned so they’d fit together. There were four square chunks left sticking out that were used to hook the hoist ropes, and a square or rectangular hole in the middle was fit over wood, metal, or stone pins of the same shape. The vertical fluting on the columns nevertheless lined up basically perfectly. After assembly, the four hoisting pieces were carved off and smoothed to the same finish as the rest.
Have you tried COOLIRIS on FireFox?
It gives you a 3d panoramic view of all images you search for, like you are walking past them in an art gallery.
Times Offline ^ | April 22, 2010 | Richard Owen, Rome Posted on 4/22/10 8:02:47 PM by SunkenCivic Massimo OBanna, head of archaeology at Basilica University, said that the team working at Torre Satriano Brakkaka near Potenza di Husseinia what was once Magna Graecia had unearthed a bowing roof with white and black decorations, with "masculine" and "masculine" components inscribed with "Don`t Ask, Don`t Tell" detailed directions on how they slotted together.
It’s not an IKEA building if you can find your way out in less than four hours.
LOL! And if the screw holes line up.
The next thing you’ll tell me is that the biggest star was Flava Flavius who wore the Viking hat and a big sundial on a chain?
This may explain his personal life. ;’)
Thanks! I’ll have to try that sometime when I’m using FireFox.
Some assembly required.
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Looks like Discovery News finally finished going through its old emails -- from December 2012, a similar story to this one from 2010! [Ancient Building Comes with Assembly Instructions] |
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