Sumptuous friezes and inscriptions cursing anyone tampering the grave decorate many sarcophagi found in the outgrowth.

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The Greeks portrayed their gods and their primeval battles on the exteriors of temples, in the pediments and friezes.

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History, allegory and legend, with all of their symbolic accouterments, received confident aesthetic expression in murals, friezes, carvings and embellishments.

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Traders and crusaders going East and West brought columns, friezes, statues and mosaics from far-flung places that were incorporated into the church.

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Twenty-one Gothic figures stood ten feet in height, embellished with friezes of animals and flowers: The Marienkirche miracle had a surprise post-War sequel.

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Her little touches were everywhere: curtain tiebacks, friezes pasted onto the wallpaper, bowls of potpourri, carved acorn light pulls, dishes of glass pebbles, thriving houseplants.

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Now displayed at the British Museum in London, the friezes are a matter of dispute between the governments of the UK and Greece, with the latter calling for their return.

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"This is a homecoming for us, " explains one of the company's general managers, Paul Tchen, standing in the magnificent grand foyer, where locals come for tea dances overseen by Beaux Arts friezes along the walls.

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