Marble sites unearthed in the Greek Islands
Three ancient Karystos shale marble quarries have been discovered on the Greek island of Evia.
The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports announced that the...
Priceless marble sculptures discovered in Jerash
After years of meticulous work, a French archaeological team that has been excavating the eastern Roman baths in Jerash, unearthed several intact sculptures from...
Michelangelo’s marble route in Apuan Alps, Italy
Five hundred years ago, Pope Leo X forced Michelangelo to leave his beloved Carrara and find new quarries in the impenetrable surroundings of Pietrasanta...
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...
17th-century voters cast marbles instead of paper ballots
You’d be given black and white marbles. To vote no, a black marble was dropped in the box.
As early as the 17th century in...
This mine has produced more marble than anywhere on Earth
Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Bernini and Rodin all sourced their marble here
Located in the Apuan Alps in northern Italy, the Carrara Marble Mines have been...
The place where the marble of the classic sculptures comes from
Many of the masterpieces of Michelangelo were made of the Pietrasanta marble
A little further beyond the Tuscan coast lies a picturesque town with whitewashed...
Giant marble pyramid-shaped island complex rising from sea uncovered, revealing secrets of ancient Greece’s...
Archaeologists are, for the first time, discovering the probable origins of ancient Greece.
Excavations on a tiny island in the Aegean Sea – 125 miles southeast of Athens – are revealing...
Marble Village of Dhee Ayn
The Marble Village of Dhee Ayn in Saudi Arabia is a 400-year-old stone settlement built on top of a white marble hill. The construction...
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....
