They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ornamental ... Of these, more than half are in Carrara or its vicinity, about fifty are in the city ...

Those figures depicting each of the four seasons are said to be among the oldest statues in New Orleans. They date to the early 1850s. Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was ...

Allow no one to touch them, for the oil on the skin will discolor the marble. In cleaning ... The light should fall on a statue or bust from such a height as to leave a hair's breadth between ...

Greece: A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.

An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found dumped near a cluster of garbage bins in Greece, kicking off a police investigation into potential illegal ...

A headless marble statue, believed to be over 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near Thessaloniki, Greece. Dating to the Hellenistic era (320–30 BC), it was discovered by a ...