New discovery sheds light on ancient quarrying technique
Recent discoveries reveal how the ancient Egyptians moved stone blocks from the alabaster quarries of Hatnub, north of modern day Luxor, during the reign...
Shanghai quarry wins landscaping award
Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden's Quarry Garden project has won a prestigious landscape practice award in London.Designed by Prof. Zhu Yufan from Tsinghua University, the...
Greek Marble: The Stone that Shaped the World
From prehistoric Cycladic figurines to the Parthenon Marbles and beyond, marble has been used time and again in Greek art and architecture to honor...
The Majestic Marble Quarries of Northern Italy
What we admire as pristine white stone was born hundreds of millions of years ago in overwhelming darkness. ‘‘Marmo,’’ the Italians call it —...
Sculpture by Antonio Canova to sell for over £1 million – after being lost...
An exceptionally important marble bust by one the the art world’s most revered sculptors is set to sell for “in excess of £1 million”...
A Moment in Time: Telling the Stories in Natural Stone
By Karin Kirk, GeologistNatural stone isn’t just beautiful and durable; it’s a monument to Earth’s past. Every piece of natural stone is a product...
The British Quarry That Hid Van Gogh, da Vinci and Rembrandt
For four years, a disused slate quarry in a remote mountain in North Wales became home to some of the world’s greatest artistic masterpieces....
Michelangelo’s marble route in Apuan Alps
Five hundred years ago, Pope Leo X forced Michelangelo to leave his beloved Carrara and find new quarries in the impenetrable surroundings of Pietrasanta...
Dublin: Hidden history of Trinity’s Victorian marble wonder revealed
The hidden history of one of Dublin’s most influential and ground-breaking Victorian buildings has been revealed in a new multidisciplinary project at Trinity College Dublin.
The...
Why Knoxville Was Called “the Marble City”
Stone from Knoxville-area quarries adorns some of the most famous buildings in America.
Geologists note that Tennessee marble, often pinkish in hue, is actually a crystalline...
