Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Nifty

Ancient building came with DIY instructions: Like IKEA furniture, symbols showed how the pieces slotted together

It sounds rather like an ancient version of those those houses you used to be able to buy from the Sears catalogue--only this was 6th century, pre-Roman, made by 'Greek artisans coming from the Spartan colony of Taranto in Puglia' for a clientele with a desire for Greek-style buildings.

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