Stone Stories
Oldest stone map from the Bronze Age rediscovered after more than 100 years in the cellar of a French museum
The relief with circles and lines comes from the Finistère region in the far west of Brittany and could depict the territory of a ruler
For the time after Covid-19: the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome is open to visitors again
The huge circular building with a diameter of 90 meters was once covered with marble and travertine, of which, however, nothing has been preserved
On our list for the time after Covid-19: Bernini’s Fountain of Four Rivers in Rome
This work of art in Piazza Navona symbolizes the known world of the time and is great cinema in many ways
Sturgeon stones weighing tons create habitats for animals and plants in the riverbed of the Wupper in Germany
Elephant Tuffi, beaver Bonny and salmon Lucky made by sculptors are intended to slow down the flow of the watercourse and be points of attraction for people
Grains of garnet sand tell the story of traveling from the surface to about 75 miles in the Earth, then returning to the surface before ending up on a beach
Scientists read the rock cycle that happened in less than about 10 million years
The Bauhüttenwesen, which is the ancient craftspeople’s tradition of cooperation and know-how sharing in construction projects, is added to the Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Still today, e.g., stonemasons working on the maintenance of cathedrals built supra-regional networks to preserve, transmit and develop techniques and knowledge
Drystone walls are Arabia’s megalithic monuments
The recently discovered monumental structures still hold many secrets in their construction, function, and chronology
Forensic geology: tracking victims through mineralogical characteristics of makeup ingredients
With a spectroradiometer, remains like talc, montmorillonite, and kaolinite could be identified at a crime scene
Over 100,000 years ago, fertile loess from the Negev helped the early humans on their way from Africa to Eurasia with the “land of milk and honey” in the Levant
Dr. Rivka Amit from the Geological Survey of Israel found that dust deposition by desert winds played a critical role in forming thick or thin soils around the Eastern Mediterranean
The peaks of the so-called stone forests were formed by natural dissolution of the rocks in the water and related currents
Scientists from New York University simulated the chemical and mechanical processes
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