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This size comparison shows just how different kouroi can be, ranging in size from less than life-sized to monumental at over ten meters tall. Most served some sort of religious purpose, either as a votive offering or as a grave marker. Each kouros…

This document, published by the 3M Building and Commercial Services Division, details two different methods for polishing marble. One, a method in which oxalic acid is used to chemically alter the surface of the marble, is very close to the process…