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How to calculate melting points?

This is half way into chemistry but there is no such community yet.

The question looks simple: how to calculate melting points, for pure elemental metals.

Looking at the carbon group of the periodic system, ($\ce C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb)$ the melting point (sublimation point cor carbon) starts as high as 3600°C, going quickly down to 1400° for $Si$, to 900° and down to 230° for $Sn$ then raising up to 330° for $Pb$.

Any way to get that from calculations? (And for other groups?).