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Metro station for the Colosseum in Rome; Indian Ambaji Marble received a Geographical Indication (GI); Rocalia Stone fair in December in Lyon; Video of the month: rocks rolling down a hillside in Buster Keaton‘s film “Seven Chances” (1925)

Exhibition “Aden-Marseille: From One Port to Another“ at the Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, until March 29, 2026

The show traces the ancient and modern history of exchanges between the port city in France and that in Yemen, forging links with other Mediterranean shores and beyond

Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe

Clues contained in tree rings have identified volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence that led to the devastation of the Black Death in Europe 1347-1353

Fairburn Tower in Scotland is a residential tower from centuries past and, after its restoration, now serves as a holiday apartment

The Landmark Trust protects historic buildings in Great Britain from decay and repurposes them

Manod quarry in Eryri (Snowdonia) kept Britain’s art treasures safe during the Second World War

An inscribed tablet, made from slate unveiled at the National Gallery in London, remembers the Triumph of Art

Stone Insight: Tutankhamun’s Tomb Treasures, Including the Gold Mask, are on Display on the Second Floor of the Grand Egyptian Museum

During the late Middle Ages, alabaster was an important material of choice for sculptors in Europe, even surpassing white marble

A multinational research project is tracing the locations of the quarries, the processing of the stones, and the trade networks for the works of art

Ukraine in wartime: the country also fights on the economic level utilizing modern quarries and new processing plants

Oleg Majewski tells the story of Golovinski Stone company and its iridescent and mystical GOLOVINSKI LABRADORITE from the Zhytomyr region

The Finnish city of Kotka has preserved the song lyrics of its son Juha Vainio in boulders along a street

The prolific artist, with around 2,433 lyrics and songs, as well as 245 recordings, never became known beyond his homeland

“Language for Stone“: Sounds from Lithophone and Violin Blended with Poetry Recitations

The Rome-based publisher Archaeological Records has released an audio recording showcasing stone chimes

The exhibition “The Mystery Cleopatra,“ presented at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris through January 11, 2026, investigates the evolving representations of the Egyptian queen as shaped by the cultural context of different eras

Renault Rafale Présidentiel state car for the French President with lots of French tricolor and a touch of Versailles “Grand Antique“ marble in the interior

In times of climate change, cultural heritage is particularly at risk, but at the same time, it also holds the keys to how humanity can adapt to the ongoing changes in the environment

Always a destination for a journey: Bernini’s Fountain of Four Streams in Rome

This work of art in Piazza Navona symbolizes the known world of the time and is great cinema in many ways

How swiping across the screen opens up the whole world to everyone on the globe

Exhibition “Cellphone: Unseen Connections“ at the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC, as well as – of course – online and with a podcast