Why Stone Outlasts Every Empire We Build
I stood at the base of the Dachstein massif last autumn, looking up at limestone that's been here for 230 million years. The Romans walked past these same rocks. So did Napoleon's armies. The…
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I stood at the base of the Dachstein massif last autumn, looking up at limestone that's been here for 230 million years. The Romans walked past these same rocks. So did Napoleon's armies. The…
I stand at the base of the Dachstein, my neck craned back, tracing the limestone face that rises 2,995 meters into the Austrian sky. My grandmother stood here once. Her grandmother too. And before the…
I pressed my palm against the Dachstein's flank last October, feeling the rough texture of limestone that's been standing here for 230 million years. The rock was cold. Indifferent. It struck…