Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Marbles

Articles, History

In 1799 a Scottish nobleman named Robert Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, was appointed as the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople. While serving as ambassador, Lord Elgin managed to obtain some of the most important marble scultpures from the...

Historic English Limestones

Articles, History, Stone Facts

Some of the most historically important building stones come from a group of limestone layers deposited during the latter part of the Jurassic period (145 – 200 million years ago) in what is now central England.  These Jurassic limestones crop out in a narrow...

The Stone Artistry of Lew French

Articles, History, Stone Facts, Videos

The Stone Artistry of Lew French

History of the World from a Stone’s Point of View

History, Videos

This is an amusing video produced by Filmakademie in Germany.  Stone (really in this case rocks and outcrops) have a much longer lifetime than humans.  Humans and animals evolve, civilizations rise and fall but the rock that makes up the earth continues to exist on a...