Deep in the bowels of Treasure Mountain above Marble, quarry workers are searching for a massive block of perfect white marble to replace one of the nation’s most prominent military symbols: the Tomb ...

View of “De Profundis,” a performance by Mikes Poppe (all screenshots via YouTube) An artist who chained his leg to a block of marble and attempted to free himself as a metaphor for how the ...

In 1921, the remains of an unknown soldier from World War I were exhumed from an American cemetery in France. This soldier’s remains were ceremoniously interred in Arlington National Cemetery on Nov.

Preservation experts armed with high-tech grout will get to work on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia next spring, ending a long debate and a Colorado-connected ...

WILMINGTON, DE / ACCESSWIRE / June 22, 2023 / Global Marble Market stood at US$ 51.5 billion in 2021 and the global market is projected to reach US$ 93.7 billion in 2031. Global marble industry is ...

A criminal drug organization was busted in Spain after officials discovered more than 1,650 pounds of pure methamphetamine hidden inside large blocks of marble imported from Mexico. The Spanish Civil ...

Turns out you can’t escape the shackles of art history—at least not without with a power tool. A Belgian performance artist who chained himself to a four-ton block of marble symbolizing the ...

A drawing by the famed Renaissance master Michelangelo has sold for $201,600 at Christie’s. The auction house expected the drawing, which went under the hammer on April 17, to sell for between $6,000 ...

Maintenance doesn’t have to mean high maintenance, especially when it comes to keeping quartz, granite, and marble countertops clean. Even though these materials look gorgeous and refined—and, yes, ...

From Shahjahan’s Taj Mahal in Agra to Aurangzeb’s Badshahi Mosque, the subcontinent is laden with monuments that stand in testimony to the magnificence of the material used in their making: marble.