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View the PBS Nova Film "Secrets of the Parthenon" -
Answer the Following questions:
A. In the film there is a question about which of the 46 columns is missing a capital.
Why is it so difficult for the restorers to figure out where to place this capital?
B. Why did the computer program devised by the restorers not help them in restoring the building?
C. How did the original builders construct the temple of Athena with such precision in only 8 years? What is, in other words, the "secret" of the Parthenon?
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a) In the film, there is a question about which of the 46 columns is missing a capital. Why is it so
difficult for the restorers to figure out where to place this capital?
It was difficult for the restorers to figure out the exact position for the capital because each
and every column had a...