Semi-precious stones

Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 30: Most visitors to Agra look up. They behold the Taj Mahal's luminous white dome and go home carrying photographs and a sense of wonder. Very few look closely enough, at the surface of those walls, at the thousands of semi-precious stones pressed into Makrana marble in patterns so precise they could be woven silk, to ask the question that … [Read more...] about Where the Taj Mahal’s Secret Lives On: Arts & Life Brings Agra’s Most Exquisite Craft to the World