CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The construction at the state Capitol dome is literally under wraps. In the current stage of repairs, the dome has been covered for weather protection as construction crews take ...

Dozens of limestone blocks provide a possible glimpse into the past. "We had been digging to create the foundations for the two of the four fountains to date and in the first courtyard we excavated we ...

CAIROCAIRO — French archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of 3,000-year-old colored limestone blocks believed to have been used to build the sacred lake walls of a temple dedicated to the goddess Mut ...

The construction of Egyptian pyramids has been a source of endless wonder and debate, capturing the imagination of historians, archaeologists, and just about everyone else. These huge structures, like ...

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Rajasthan received a record eight times the reserved price for the largest limestone block in the country in the e-auction conducted on Thursday. The block, situated in Jayal tehsil of Nagaur, has 168 ...

The state will be the first to take this approach since the auctioning was made mandatory for allocation of non-coal blocks. (Image: PTI) Having failed to elicit response in the recent auction from ...

To Jeffrey Wolin, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center in New York City represent the limestone ”landscapes” of mountains moved by men in the stone quarries of southern Indiana. Wolin, a ...

New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Ultratech Ltd has emerged as preferred bidder for a limestone block in Madhya Pradesh. Ramstahn Ghunchihai limestone mine, which has reserves of 209.77 million tonnes, was ...