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subtitle, "Sites filled with historical vestiges, restoration almost done".
Temples are 'caged' against the ravages of time by scaffolding in the 270-hectare Selinunte archaeological park near Trapani

Temples are 'caged' against the ravages of time by scaffolding in the 270-hectare Selinunte archaeological park near Trapani

1 posted on 05/10/2015 12:54:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
There are metopes from the ancient temples of Selinus in the archaeological museum in Palermo.

Selinus and the nearby non-Greek (Elymian) city of Segesta were enemies; Segesta persuaded Athens to come to their aid in 415 B.C. by fooling the Athenians into thinking they had a lot more money available than they did--the beginning of the disastrous Sicilian Expedition of 415-413 which was an important contributing factor in the eventual Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian War.

6 posted on 05/10/2015 1:30:15 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv

I guess that’s a similar idea to what they did to preserve the Casa Grande in Arizona, where they built a roof over it.


9 posted on 05/11/2015 1:51:13 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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