EditorialThere are multiple factors to weigh when deciding whether to use marble, including where the marble will be quarried, and the intended life span of the project you’re doing. (Klas Fahlén/The New York Times)
EditorialA technician works with a robot in Carrara, Italy, a city famed for the marble quarried there, on June 30, 2021. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times)
EditorialEaster Island: the famous " moai" -statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano. Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. Unfinished " moai" lie on th...
EditorialEaster Island: the famous " moai" -statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano. Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. An unfinished " moai" lies o...
EditorialJadeite axe head, Neolithic, c4000-c2000 BC. This elegant axe has been polished all over and would have required many hours of careful labour. It is in pristine condition, and it is unlikely that it was ever intended for practical use. Its function was...