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The mysterious “sunstones“ from the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm could refer to a volcanic explosion in the Stone Age around 2900 BC and be evidence of a sun cult in Northern Europe

Pope Francis‘ tomb is made of marble from Liguria, a coastal region in North-Western Italy with Genoa as capital, the land of his ancestors

Quarrying Stone Slabs with Heat

Examples are described in the scientific literature, and the process is still known e.g. in Southern India

Grande Pinnacle Award 2024: a massive Pinnacle about 20 stories high at Washington National Cathedral was dismantled, brought to the ground, reinforced and put in place again

As part of the current renovation, Berlin’s Museum Island is gaining several highlights, such as the “Fourth Wing“ and the “Archaeological Promenade. “ The colonnades at the Alte Nationalgalerie will also be a visitor attraction

The quake in Myanmar occurred along the Sagaing Fault, which runs across the country from north to south and is related to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates

The art of building dry stone walls has been added to the Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

One definition is: “A natural stone wall consists of stones, air, and the art of building it“

The white marble statues of the gods of antiquity had a heavenly scent

Danish researcher Cecilie Brøns from the Glyptothek in Copenhagen found evidence in literature and inscriptions

The Olmec sculpture “Gateway to the Underworld“ has returned to Chalcatzingo in Mexico

It was probably one of the stone art works with which the former rulers wanted to demonstrate their closeness to the gods

Melanie Seidl, master stonemason from Austria, has now also been awarded the Bawag Women‘s Award after having received one of the country‘s National Prizes

An online exhibition on the third anniversary of the Russian war against Ukraine makes the systematic destruction of built heritage by Putin’s army visible

Restored: “Madre Terra,“ a section of the magnificent inlaid floor of the Baptistery in the Florence Cathedral

The spectacular “stone carpet” depicts fantastic animals in white and green marble

In German concentration camps quarries were used for annihilation

Under Nazi-rule the German SS entertained its own building supplies trade

In the Finistère department on France’s Atlantic coast, abandoned quarries are intended to help secure the drinking water supply

France’s Geological Service BRGM has investigated the potential and special features

Rebuilding Notre-Dame: how the small Croix-Huyart quarry came to such an important role

Only in the village of Bonneuil-en-Valois in the Oise department, not far from Paris, was the local limestone hard enough and could be mined large enough