Marble countertops are surely beautiful, but if you're not keen on the maintenance they require, these alternative materials will add just as much appeal to your kitchen scheme.

When designing your perfect kitchen, it's important to be mindful of the countertop material that designers feel is losing ...

A rare marble sarcophagus found in Israel depicts a mythological drinking game where Hercules loses to Dionysus, according to the IAA. Historians say it represents death as a beginning.

Marble is one of the more challenging building materials to find, since, unlike granite – and marble’s real-life counterpart – you can’t actually just hew it out of the rocks.

At "Space2030" at the United Nations this week, the "Black Marble Earth" reminded people of how amazing our planet really is.

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A Different Perspective Marble Financial shareholders are down 30% for the year, even worse than the market loss of 16%.

But when it comes to marble’s environmental footprint, opinions are divided. Some will say that marble is the very definition of a sustainable building material.

The countertop material you choose for your kitchen has to work for your style — your style in terms of aesthetics and level of maintenance.

So using a blue marble to represent the Earth, to build a solar system to scale, you need seven miles of space. With a marble-size Earth, the sun is about 4 1/12 feet in diameter.

All works on show are made of marble to reflect the artist's understanding of the material and art. Hu's exhibition is running at Galerie Urs Meile Beijing through Feb 26.