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To: NYer

i heard a story at the parthenon about how it was built dont know if its true.

story is, to build the structure, instead of scaffolding, the romans filled it with sand as they went. in the sand they randomly buried coins. when it was finished, they allowed the public to come in and take out sand and keep any coins that were found. place was emptied of sand in record time so the story goes.

true?


51 posted on 09/04/2011 6:37:21 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: beebuster2000

Fascinating story. Don’t know if it is true.


52 posted on 09/04/2011 11:29:47 AM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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