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A 1.5 t marble table 3.1 m in diameter travels from Lake Constance in Germany to California
Draenert Company was commissioned to construct and deliver an XXL version of its rotating table „Tadao“ to the USA
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The Bent Pyramid with its Limestone cladding almost completely preserved is again accessible for tourists
The more than 4600 years old building still poses riddles due to its unique outer shape
Man lands on the moon 50 years ago: a place of longing but on the other hand perhaps a dangerous extraterrestrial site
Stone samples, which Apollo astronauts and those of the Russian missions brought back from Earth’s satellite are important sources of information for new theories
Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
In 1995 such a tremor had happened with waves of 3 to 4 m height causing damage to Nuweiba harbor and to local nomad dwellings
The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
An old question answered: why can tides trigger tremors at mid-ocean-ridges / Sensitive system might also react on fracking
6000 years ago artists all over Europe used mother-of-pearl from freshwater mussels for dress accessories
So-called „double buttons“ may have been pressed into leather to decorate armbands or belts
Saint-Malo’s Fort de la Conchée shows the art of the old builders and their stonemasons
Erected under the reign of Luis XIV, the Fort was badly damaged during WWII but restored almost completely since then
Researches found a new „Burgess Shale“ along the bank of the Danshui River in China
Another treasure chest of the Cambrian Explosion when early animal life on Earth reached an extreme diversity
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death: catapults for heavy chunks and a quartzite bearing his name
The universal mastermind of the 15th century also busied himself with stone
We have the proof: the Easter bunny really exists – in marble
The Consorzio Marmisti Valpantena form Northern Italy has sent us pictures of three of the seasonal animals
The limestone-walls of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris seem to have withstood the flame inferno
They are built of Pierre Lutétien which has been part of the city’s history since Roman times
A new theory offers an explanation why the Earth’s mantle was cool enough to produce diamonds billions of years ago
Although the whole globe was hotter as that time, the upper mantle was not
Geologists discover the biggest and oldest strewn field of craters on Earth in the Rocky Mountains
Fields of caters are remnants of pieces of small iron asteroids which broke apart in the Earth’s atmosphere / Impact 280 million years ago
New light into the recent evolution of the African rift valley
Field research on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya provides new insights into the break-up of continents
The marble steps of the Holy Stairs in Rome will be accessible without wooden protection for about 40 days after April 11, 2019
Staircase is said to originate from Pilate’s palace and to have been stepped on by Jesus / Reinterpretation: Jesus before the prefect