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It was news to me when I discovered ancient Greece wasn't just white stone and marble everywhere. Almost all of it was painted bright, gaudy colors. In my opinion, it makes them more beautiful.

http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient...

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Thanks, I was looking around for that link.

I've known for a long time that ancient Greece wasn't white stone and marble everywhere, but I've never been able to quite picture it in my mind that way. I still imagine Socrates wandering among white stone buildings and people leading processions to a white stone Parthenon.

Same in Egypt. There are still patches of paint on ceilings to be seen at the sights there. No sign of any Electrum though ;)

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