Greek Marble Quarrying

Athenians used marble in their construction of temples on the Acropolis. Marble was dug up from quarries. In the quarries, holes were drilled in the rock in a straight line. Wooden wedges were placed into the holes. The wood was then watered to make it expand. The expanding wood broke the rock in a straight line.

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