Up right up until the Archaic Greeks introduced the first freestanding statuary, a remarkable success, carvings had mostly been accomplished in walls and pillars as reliefs. Most of these freestanding sculptures were what is known as kouros figures, statues of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi, viewed by the Greeks to symbo

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Archaeological digs in Minoan Crete in Greece have uncovered varied types of conduits. These were utilized to provide urban centers with water as well as to minimize flooding and eliminate waste material. They were for the most part made from terracotta or stone. Terracotta was employed for channels and conduits, both rectangle-shaped and spherical

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