What Rome Was Built With a Description of the Stones Employed in Ancient Times
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64 WHAT ROME WAS BUILT WITH Egyptians so seldom used granite as a building stone.
The obelisks of New York, London, and Paris are all of the famous red Egyptian granite, many examples of which are also to be seen in the British Museum.
Lapis Psaronius, Granite of the Fontm, Granito del Foro ' Authors, too, have paid some attention to the stones in use for mortars, not only those employed for the trituration of drugs and pigments, but for other purposes as well. In this respect they have given t...he preference to Etesian stone before all others, and next to that to Thebaic stone, already mentioned as being called " Pyrrhopoecilus " and known as " psaranus " by some. ' * From all available information in regard to this granite it seems clear that it was not employed by the Egyptians, nor was it worked by the Romans before the reign of Claudius ; hence it was frequently known as * Claudian Stone ' ; and Mons Claudianus was the name given to the long tract of land where the quarries were situated.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
64 WHAT ROME WAS BUILT WITH Egyptians so seldom used granite as a building stone.
The obelisks of New York, London, and Paris are all of the famous red Egyptian granite, many examples of which are also to be seen in the British Museum.
Lapis Psaronius, Granite of the Fontm, Granito del Foro ' Authors, too, have paid some attention to the stones in use for mortars, not only those employed for the trituration of drugs and pigments, but for other purposes as well. In this respect they have given t...he preference to Etesian stone before all others, and next to that to Thebaic stone, already mentioned as being called " Pyrrhopoecilus " and known as " psaranus " by some. ' * From all available information in regard to this granite it seems clear that it was not employed by the Egyptians, nor was it worked by the Romans before the reign of Claudius ; hence it was frequently known as * Claudian Stone ' ; and Mons Claudianus was the name given to the long tract of land where the quarries were situated.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mary Winearls Porter to read onlineMoreLess
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