Materials:
Around 800 BC, the ancient Greeks began to use more permanent building materials, like stone, instead of things like wood, mud brick and thatch. Columns were carved out of local stone, like limestone. Marble was also used in many temples, including the Parthenon. Some buildings also used ceramic tiles in roofs.
Methods:
When building, workers would extract stone from a local quarry and roughly shape the stone. They would then take the blocks in wagons to the building site where the stone would then be put in place and carved into the required columns. It is likely that the ancient Greeks used ropes, pulleys and wooden cranes to help move the heavy blocks into position.
Materials:
Around 800 BC, the ancient Greeks began to use more permanent building materials, like stone, instead of things like wood, mud brick and thatch. Columns were carved out of local stone, like limestone. Marble was also used in many temples, including the Parthenon. Some buildings also used ceramic tiles in roofs.
Methods:
When building, workers would extract stone from a local quarry and roughly shape the stone. They would then take the blocks in wagons to the building site where the stone would then be put in place and carved into the required columns. It is likely that the ancient Greeks used ropes, pulleys and wooden cranes to help move the heavy blocks into position.