Marble

Lost Acropolis piece returns to Athens

Chilean citizen returned the fragment, moved by Greece's struggle to reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures.

Lost Acropolis piece returns to Athens.
 Stern, ill, bald: French archaeologists discover large Ptolemaic marble head at Taposiris Magna.

Stern, ill, bald: French archaeologists discover large Ptolemaic marble head at Taposiris Magna

 The Elgin Marbles. London, UK. August, 2023.

'We've lost our marbles': British intellectual opposes return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece

 A marble Corinthian column capital is seen on the sea floor off the coast of Israel.

Ancient Roman-era marble cargo shipwreck found by Israeli beachgoer


Antiquities thieves in Turkey caught trying to sell ancient marble bathtub

Made entirely from marble, the tub is the only one of its kind found in Turkey

A Turkish flag, with the New and the Suleymaniye mosques in the background, flies on a passenger ferry in Istanbul, Turkey, April 11, 2019.

The marvels of marble

Since time immemorial, marble has been a stone that evokes luxury and a high quality of life.