FROM SHOKSHA TO PARIS (THE HISTORY OF QUARRYING, TRANSPORTATION AND CARVING STONE FOR THE SARCOPHAGUS OF NAPOLEON)
The sarcophagus of Napoleon in The Dôme des Invalides in Paris is made of quartzite, a unique ornamental stone from Karelia, NW Russia, but not of porphyry or granite. This beautiful stone is similar in colour and structure to famous antique porphyry from Egypt. However, there are no more monoliths...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/precambrian/article/view/446 |