A marble column from Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, is on display at Zhengjue Temple of Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park in Beijing on Friday. An exhibition displaying all seven marble columns ...

A repatriated marble column on display in Zhengjue Temple in Yuanmingyuan. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] After a long odyssey overseas, seven marble columns from the ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or the ...

One of the marble capitals found by swimmer Gideon Harris Israel Antiquities Authority Several weeks ago, Gideon Harris dove into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. About 13 ...

Italian restorers have used laser beams to clean an ancient Roman marble column in the piazza outside the prime minister’s office, removing layers of dust and grime that had covered the monument for ...

Seven white marble columns from a Chinese palace looted by foreign forces will soon be returned to Beijing by a Norwegian museum after a controversial property developer offered it as a major donation ...

Restorers are freeing the impressive marble column in honour of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in the heart of Rome, in ...

Moving a 4.7-ton piece of an ancient marble column is never easy. When the piece is from a column that was once part of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, making sure it is transported safely is all ...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP — In a parking lot on the edge of a forest at the Delbarton School in Morris Township, nearly 100 large pieces of intricately carved marble, some moss covered, sit on bowed wooden ...

Base of turned white marble is topped with a column of veined pink and white marble adorned with Corinthian capitals of acanthus leaves, and rosettes.