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Dec 31 • 05:23 UTC • 🇪🇸 Spain • ABC

From the Parthenon to the sidewalks of London: the second life of the Pentelic quarries

The article explores the hidden Pentelic quarries in Dionysos, Greece, from which the marble for the Acropolis was extracted 2,500 years ago.

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