The six films of 60 minutes each show the challenges of quarrying the marble in the mountains near Carrara
The objects are profanely suitable for example as paperweights
The artwork in 3 parts, which had been the floor of a large dining or entertaining area in a villa, features Achilles in his battle with Hector at the conclusion of the Trojan War
Probably, each little block of about 6.5 kg was conveyed from man-to-man by prisoners of war or forced labor
They were placed in the years from about 800 a.d. until the conquest by the Spanish in the 1500s
Geoarchaeologist Scott Pike of Willamette University found tucked-away sites where the stone for an Apollo statue on Delos came from
Scientists from East Carolina University, among others, analyzed a 1.5-meter-thick layer of carbon and ash in the Jordan Valley
Work on securing and restoring the cathedral in Paris has been completed on schedule / Tenders are being invited
For those plants, the rock is a regular source of moisture, not only an emergency reserve during droughts
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