The neglected marble quarries of Paros which centuries ago produced most of the sculptural masterpieces of ancient Greece are ...

In recent years the quarries of Carrara have had an annual aggregate output of about 200,000 tons. They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ...

At the foot of striking marble quarries in central Italy's Apuan Alps sits the village of Colonnata (pictured above) – a ...

Marble mining is a complex process that relies on powerful machinery to extract the stone from quarries. Heavy machines like ...

Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...

It’s among civilisation’s oldest building materials, but marvel is experiencing something of a renaissance thanks to bold ...

The long-neglected marble quarries of Paros—once the source of many of ancient Greece ’s sculptural masterpieces—are now receiving renewed attention, thanks to the efforts of six local Parian ...

“The results indicate that the marbles came mainly from the Prokonnesos and Dokimeion quarries in Turkey,” the authors wrote. A smaller number of objects were attributed to marble from ...