Times Argus

Granite column Workers depended on each other

This article, the latest in a series on Vermont s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. By PAUL WOOD For the Times Argus Previous Times Argus articles have described ...
Post and Courier

In 21 seconds, granite column that held John C. Calhoun above Charleston tumbled to ground

Marion Square shook Wednesday morning as a demolition crew pulled down the massive granite pillar that held a statue of John C. Calhoun over Charleston for over a century. In 21 seconds, Target ...
insider.si.edu

Damaged black-granite sphinx and granite column known as 'Pompey's pillar', Alexandria, Nile Delta region, Egypt

"The Serapeum, the most important temple of Serapis, was located in the native Egyptian quarter of Rakhotis. Evidently founded in the reign of Ptolemy III, much of the temple was constructed in the ...
Scientific American

How Granite Columns are Polished

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...
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Granite column known as 'Pompey's pillar', Alexandria, Nile Delta region, Egypt

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "The Serapeum, the most important ...