The rare marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a huge Tuscan quarry where panels are cut from solid rock at an altitude of around 1,000 meters.

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In Portugal’s Alentejo region, Solubema Quarry faces some harsh operational challenges. Extreme temperatures and pervasive dust are met with Atlas Copco’s E-Air H250 VSD portable air compressors, ...

The Marathi quarries, renowned for their fine Parian marble used in some of history’s greatest works of art, are poised to captivate modern viewers just as they once did sculptors of the ancient world ...

Kash Patel, recently confirmed as FBI Director, praised his publicist Erica Knight for her critical role in his success. Knight, President of Knox Strategies, is renowned in conservative ...

But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month. By Hannah Beech The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for more than a week and was given oxygen and a ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority correspondence released recently to a senior civil engineer indicates LCRA is exercising caution related to its possible approval of a permit for construction of a ...

In the ever-evolving world of online gaming, South Korean developer Joon Yung Min is making waves with his latest creation, Mobile Marble Race. This innovative platform, which integrates augmented ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...