These buildings in honor of the gods they worshiped were all carefully crafted and constructed in the hopes of beautifying the sacred rock of the Acropolis, also know as the "holy rock". ... Delos was so sacred as a sanctuary, that both death and birth was forbidden upon its shores. ... This monumental entranceway to the sacred rock was called the Propylaia. ... The only entranceway to the Acropolis at its western end, the Propylaia, was built of Pentelic marble, with some details of black stones. ... The temple stood virtually untouched until the Turks destroyed it in 1686, and used the s...

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Menhir: a large uncut stone erected as a monument in the prehistoric era. ... Huge limestone piles, faced with stone. ... Cats were sacred because they saved the grain supply from mice. ... Body (arms and legs) carved from stone, no negative space. ... The figures are not cut free from the block of stone. ...

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