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Lapatin, Kenneth D.S. (2001). Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Oxford: OUP. p.63. ISBN 978-0-19-815311-5.This melt makes a sturdy bond between the hinge and the frame without the need for rivets. As you can imagine, hidden hinges are a sleeker design with less components, however they are very rarely repairable. Illustrated Parthenon Marbles – Janice Siegel, Department of Classics, Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia a b c "The Parthenon". Acropolis Restoration Service. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012 . Retrieved 14 August 2012. Construction started in 447 BC when the Delian League was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC; work on the decoration continued until 432 BC. For a time, it served as the treasury of the Delian League, which later became the Athenian Empire. In the final decade of the 6th century AD, the Parthenon was converted into a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. After the Ottoman conquest in the mid-fifteenth century, it became a mosque. In the Morean War, a Venetian bomb landed on the Parthenon, which the Ottomans had used as a munitions dump, during the 1687 siege of the Acropolis. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon. From 1800 to 1803, [13] the 7th Earl of Elgin took down some of the surviving sculptures, now known as the Elgin Marbles, in an act widely considered, both in its time and subsequently, to constitute vandalism and looting. [14]

Mirpur Khas District ( Sindhi: ضلعو ميرپورخاص, Urdu: ضلع مِيرپورخاص) is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Mirpur Khas. Connelly, Joan Breton (2014). The Parthenon Enigma: A New Understanding of the West's Most Iconic Building and the People who Made It. Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-47659-3.Since 1975, numerous large-scale restoration projects have been undertaken to preserve remaining artifacts and ensure its structural integrity. [15] [16] Etymology [ edit ] Archaeologists discuss similarly curved architecture and offer the theory. Nova, "Secrets of the Parthenon", PBS. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1849622/6070405 [ permanent dead link] In the 3rd centuryBC a small garden of pomegranate, myrtle, and laurel trees and shrubs was planted around the temple. Rethinking the West's Most Iconic Building". Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015 . Retrieved 18 August 2015. Half rim frames also have a lens groove but with the addition of a Supra chord. This nylon string locates into a female recess around the edge of lens which holds it into place in the frame.

Theodor E. Mommsen, The Venetians in Athens and the Destruction of the Parthenon in 1687, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 45, No. 4 (October – December 1941), pp. 544–556 Penprase, Bryan E. (2010). The Power of Stars: How Celestial Observations Have Shaped Civilization. Springer Science & Business Media. p.221. ISBN 978-1-4419-6803-6 . Retrieved 8 March 2017.Instead, the two little "lugs" under the base-plate act like tree roots in the acetate frame front. Because they're barbed, they create an undercut which makes them more stable. Jeffrey M. Hurwit. "Helios Rising: The Sun, the Moon, and the Sea in the Sculptures of the Parthenon". American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 121, no. 4, 2017, pp. 527–558. JSTOR, doi: 10.3764/aja.121.4.0527. Accessed 22 July 2022.

Depending on what style of frame front you have, there are various types of nose pads for glasses frames. These can either part of the frame front material or as a separate metal piece called a pad arm. Seen in the image above, each of the charniers have a hole in their centre's. This is where a threaded screw locates to secure all the loops together. Each half of the fully assembled hinge is called a half joint. a b Hollis, Edward (2009). The secret lives of buildings: from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt. p.21. ISBN 978-0-8050-8785-7. D'Ooge, Martin Luther (1909). The acropolis of Athens. Robarts - University of Toronto. New York: Macmillan. p.317. Around AD700, the temple was turned into a Christian church, dedicated to Saint George. Exactly when the temple was converted to a Christian church remains unknown. There are assumptions however that this possibly occurred in the 7thcentury.Beard, Mary; Hammond, Norman; Wuletich-Brinberg, Sybil; Wills, Garry; Green, Peter. " 'The Parthenon Enigma'—An Exchange | Peter Green". The New York Review of Books. ISSN 0028-7504 . Retrieved 10 July 2023. Tomkinson, John L. "Ottoman Athens II: Later Ottoman Athens (1689–1821)". Anagnosis Books . Retrieved 14 August 2012. And in the surviving foundations of the preceding Older Parthenon (Penrose, Principles of Athenian Architecture 2nd ed. ch. II.3, plate 9). Barringer, Judith M (2008). Art, myth, and ritual in classical Greece. Cambridge. p.78. ISBN 978-0-521-64647-5. OCLC 174134120. Discovery Reveals Ancient Greek Theaters Used Moveable Stages Over 2,000 Years Ago". greece.greekreporter.com.