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Cheops’ pyramid: Is there an „iron throne“ in the recently discovered chamber?
Giulio Magli from Milan Politecnico has formulated a hypothese of interpretation for the mysterious void in the limestone blocks
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Underwater volcano eruptions may alter the ocean soundscape
Their signals may cause anomalies in the monitoring of earthquakes, land-based volcanoes or even whale songs
Near the end of the classical antique era: Pillar-saints demonstrated the religious immersion at lofty heights of marble columns
For centuries, Levantine pillar-saints or stylites preached, fasted and prayed atop narrow pillars in lofty heights in an effort to physically approach God
Unique Stalactites: like hanging bells and in an underwater cave
Investigations by a German-Mexican research team give an explanation how the formations on the Yucatán Peninsula grew
Ernesto Matos published a book on Portuguese paving (Calçada Portuguesa)
Artist cum photographer, in cooperation with poet Anónio Correia, shows a compilation of paved spaces from around the world
The many facets of marble: candy factories use marble slabs as work surfaces with ideal heat-exchange
The candy craft makes use of the insulating properties of stone to make perfect clear hard candy
Earthquakes (mostly between mangitude 3 and 4) may be caused by human activity
The HiQuake database collects geological events related to anthropogenic activity which is often just the final straw that releases built-up stress
Old Faithful in the Yellowstone Park: where its reservoir is located and new understandings of the shockwaves at its eruptions
Scientists from the University of Utah searched the geological structures in low depth underneath the landmark
How the properties of soapstone have been valued since prehistoric times
Scientists from Norway have published a book about this soft and workable but also durable material with a high heat-storage capacity
Banded iron ore reveals how the Earth’s atmosphere was transformed into an environment with oxygen
When single-celled organisms started photosynthesis about 3 billion years ago, doors opened for today’s life
Tiny quartz grains from atmospheric dust help understand global wind circulation and climate
Japanese scientists found a way to distinguish between dust from the Gobi and from the Taklimakan Deserts still after it had traveled across the Pacific
Cemetery columns ensure that the names of deceased locals are remembered
German-English stonemason Timothy C. Vincent came up with the idea of a „history book of the common man“ made of local stone
A new role for stone: in Cologne, Germany heavy elements from the cathedral’s Gothic façade protect the building
The city renounced concrete bollards and chose historical elements from the Dombauhütte
Sandstone statue of a guardian discovered near Angkor Thom in Cambodia
The find belongs to the famed Bayon style associated with King Jayavarman VII from the 12th century
It is the veins fine as hair in the rock that make the pumice form giant rafts on the ocean
Scientists from the University of California used X-ray experiments in Berkeley’s synchrotron to have new findings of the volcanic stone