The neglected marble quarries of Paros which centuries ago produced most of the sculptural masterpieces of ancient Greece are ...

A figure, which appears to spell out “Bismillah” (In the name of Allah), was observed on a marble slab found in a marble ...

Marble mining is a complex process that relies on powerful machinery to extract the stone from quarries. Heavy machines like ...

Few, if any, industries in the world have a greater percentage of waste than marble quarrying as it is done in Italy, yet the famous Carrara deposits have been worked over 2,000 years, and ...

At the foot of striking marble quarries in central Italy's Apuan Alps sits the village of Colonnata (pictured above) – a ...

TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological breakthrough, Iranian researchers have discovered what is believed to be the long-lost ...

Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...

The long-neglected marble quarries of Paros—once the source of many of ancient Greece ’s sculptural masterpieces—are now receiving renewed attention, thanks to the efforts of six local Parian ...

SYLACAUGA — This year’s Magic of Marble Festival in Sylacauga also includes the “Conversations from Gantt’s Quarry” presentation, with former residents of the quarry community sharing ...

The inspection will focus on operational readiness, resource evaluation, and integration plans for the quarry’s marble extraction and solar crypto mining initiatives. Mr. Ho emphasized that the ...

“The results indicate that the marbles came mainly from the Prokonnesos and Dokimeion quarries in Turkey,” the authors wrote. A smaller number of objects were attributed to marble from ...