Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: UCANSEE2

“How did they make uniform chips out of marble ?”

Slaves. Lots and lots of slaves


6 posted on 02/17/2016 12:38:54 AM PST by Organic Panic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]


To: Organic Panic

OK. Then what did the slaves use to grind the marble into flat, uniform pieces ?


8 posted on 02/17/2016 7:22:50 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies ]

To: Organic Panic; UCANSEE2; buwaya

The rich households had slaves that specialized in different sets of skills, such as cooking, but I suspect that mosaic-layers were probably freelance pros.


24 posted on 02/20/2016 1:20:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson