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 ...

If those massive pieces of marble on the front lawn of Crofts Hall look familiar, they should. And if you were wondering whether they were intentionally positioned just so on the hilltop, they were.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discover the history of Kansas City’s Central Library, originally designed as the First National Bank with iconic marble columns, ...

JERUSALEM — 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 ...

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.