Dolmen of Menga, a megalithic burial mound in Spain
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Ancient Greek statues weren’t always plain white marble. Many of these sculptures were actually painted in bright colors. However, most of the pigments have either been destroyed or removed by overzealous museum curators, leaving us with only the underlying white stone.
For example,…
