Neat article. I particularly like this part:
“It is unclear why the myth has endured for so long, but Goriely suspects that the perception of ancient Greece as a supremely knowledgeable and ingenious civilisation is partly to blame.”
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UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines