Golden tile from Baha'i shrine goes on display in museum
This is a fascinating story about the gold-gilded tiles that crown the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Here's a snippet:
"We are familiar with gold roof tiles," he [the museum curator] said, "but they are all paint. With this tile, it is pure gold. ... I have seen a factory in Germany that has made gold roof tiles for rich people in Saudi Arabia, but they are all paint."
Posted by kovu at March 23, 2007 1:08 PM