One of the most famous and prominent examples of marble inlay is the Taj Mahal in India. The descendants of the 17th-century artisans who worked on the Taj Mahal still make a living using the ...

“The Taj Mahal has a quality of floating ... which was eating away at the stone of the monument—what Mehta calls “marble cancer.” Mehta petitioned the Supreme Court and argued that ...

Every year for the past decade or so, more than three million travelers have visited India's Taj Mahal. The white marble monument—completed over some 15 years by the emperor Shah Jahan as a ...

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage." ...

But what many people don’t know is the story of the land that lies below this white marble on which it was built on and it is just as interesting as the monument itself. While the Taj Mahal is ...

The Taj Mahal is a stunning ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, India. It was built in 1631 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ...

You see the Taj Mahal flat on. In the evening, or if you’re lucky enough to be there during a full moon, the white-marble building glistens and shimmers. Once children see the Taj Mahal ...

High SPM levels are known to cause discolouration of the Taj Mahal's iconic white marble, turning it a yellowish hue due to pollutant deposition. A report by a Rajya Sabha committee had earlier ...

Serious air pollution surrounding these sites has led to the deterioration of the white marble, stone inlays and sandstone of ... The planned construction of a new industrial complex near the Taj ...