Before you decide on whether you want your white marble to have gray or brown etches, know that the countertop material isn't ...

White marble was first quarried over 2,000 years ago, and has since been famously used in buildings like Rome's Pantheon and India's Taj Mahal.

Over time, practicality took over. Kitchens needed materials that could handle spills, stains, and years of use. Marble ...

White marble was used to build the Taj Mahal mausoleum, giving it a luminous, ethereal quality. “The marble is from a quarry in Makrana, a place in Rajasthan about 240 miles away from Agra ...

Resistance and extractivism: Inside Carrara, home of white marble. In a place where natural beauty and industrial extraction collide, people are fighting for an Italian town threatened by decline.

Justice David H. Souter, who died on Thursday at 85, approached his work with care, candor and curiosity, one case at a time. He was, in other words, a justice from another era, before the ...