Greek archeologists have known for many years that the Parthenon’s doors were made of cedar wood but latest researchers’,  Spencer Pope and Peter Schultz, discoveries have proposed that they were also embellished with ivory!

In a paper appearing in the American Journal of Archeology, the two scientists speculate that the doors which guarded Athens’ treasures were much more elegant than once believed.
The same researchers say that this theory solves a problem that recently saw the light of day. In the Parthenon’s building-account inscriptions, a purchase and sale of a large quantity of ivory is specified. Thus, since the ivory could not be connected with the chryselephantine statue of Athena which adorned the Parthenon, researchers suggest that it was used to decorate the doors.

Source: Ethnos newspaper