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Marble game may be over: Quarry cuts Unknowns block

MARBLE – With fingers crossed Wednesday, quarriers pushed over a 191-ton piece of marble and cast their first gaze at the back side of the future Tomb of the Unknowns. The huge marble block, which ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Miners’ quarry: The perfect marble block

Deep in the bowels of Treasure Mountain above Marble, quarry workers are searching for a massive block of perfect white marble to replace one of the nation’s most prominent military symbols: the Tomb ...
Hyperallergic

An Artist Is Rescued After Chaining Himself to a Marble Block for 19 Days

View of “De Profundis,” a performance by Mikes Poppe (all screenshots via YouTube) An artist who chained his leg to a block of marble and attempted to free himself as a metaphor for how the ...
The Aspen Times

Marble block on standby for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Preservation experts armed with high-tech grout will get to work on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia next spring, ending a long debate and a Colorado-connected ...
Artnet

A Performance Artist Chained Himself to a Block of Marble Symbolizing the Burden of History. Then He Got Stuck.

Turns out you can’t escape the shackles of art history—at least not without with a power tool. A Belgian performance artist who chained himself to a four-ton block of marble symbolizing the ...
Yahoo Finance

Marble Market is Estimated to Reach Revenue of US$ 93.7 Billion by 2031; The Blocks Segment Accounted for Major Value Share of 5.6% in 2021

WILMINGTON, DE / ACCESSWIRE / June 22, 2023 / Global Marble Market stood at US$ 51.5 billion in 2021 and the global market is projected to reach US$ 93.7 billion in 2031. Global marble industry is ...