Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

"I had a vision of painting these peeling stepping stones into a mosaic masterpiece and that is exactly what I did," said ...

Cleaning is an important factor in your decision, but so is style. “The most important thing to think about when selecting a ...

On coins, the stone figure is adorned with crowns and garlands ... as depicted in this third-century mosaic from Sicily. Photograph by DAGLI ORTI/ART ARCHIVE The most coveted positions of state ...

Mixing it up Sometimes the magic comes from the mix of stones, as in the creative pairing of forms and scale in stone walls, mosaics and pathways ... beautifully with the hard stone,” she ...

The Ancient Greeks used black and white pebbles and the Romans were delighted by the rock colours in Cyprus and cherished the hard (green) “terra verdae” stone, making mosaic tesserae out of it.

hypnotic dial featuring an irregular mosaic of mother-of-pearl, turquoise, and onyx stones. This year, Piaget is also making a colorful splash with hard-stone dials. In one model from the Hidden ...