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... roof , two groups of statues representing scenes from the myths of Athena . And he supplied the many matchless reliefs for the frieze around the main wall and for the metopes around the entablature ( the structure just above the columns ...
... roof , two groups of statues representing scenes from the myths of Athena . And he supplied the many matchless reliefs for the frieze around the main wall and for the metopes around the entablature ( the structure just above the columns ...
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... roof over this porch . The Greeks never invented a true roof truss , wherein a series of beams are joined together to form a rigid structure made up of triangles . Instead , they relied upon an elaborate system of posts and lintels . As ...
... roof over this porch . The Greeks never invented a true roof truss , wherein a series of beams are joined together to form a rigid structure made up of triangles . Instead , they relied upon an elaborate system of posts and lintels . As ...
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... roof struc- tures of wood . As wood is more efficient for long beams than stone , their temples had more widely spaced columns and broader eaves than those of Greece . Etruscan builders covered the wooden roof structure with an ...
... roof struc- tures of wood . As wood is more efficient for long beams than stone , their temples had more widely spaced columns and broader eaves than those of Greece . Etruscan builders covered the wooden roof structure with an ...
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 1 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 18 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 46 |
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