On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> People have rubbed them over the years and oil from their hands has made
> the rubbed areas black. There are barriers now to prevent touching.
>
> Tina
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 9, 2016, at 10:23 PM, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> PESO:
> >>
> >> I find it amazing that after 2500 years the bas relief sculptures at
> >> Persepolis are still mostly intact and vivid.
> >
> > They are remarkably lively. What accounts for the black tones?
> >
> > Joel W.
>
>
Yikes. That can't be good, but there is something it lends to a
photograph, I have to say.
When I was in Britain in the early '70s, doing brass rubbings was the
rage. I assume this is the same thing. People have a kind of Turin shroud
wall hanging afterwards?
Joel W.
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