Using tile around your pool can be a serious safety hazard. Smooth tile and wet feet are never a good combination — it's one ...

The area around Pammukale in southwest Turkey features stunning travertine terraces. Stone is mined in the region for construction materials, including tiles. Photograph by SHAH SELBE, Nat Geo ...

Today, a good deal of the world’s travertine—including the floor tile with the jawbone, ... “Turkish travertine is sold all around the world today,” Kappelman said back then.

The discovery of a human mandible embedded in a travertine floor tile went viral on Reddit, and now the family is working with scientists to study the specimen.

Usually this happens around hot springs when the water emerges from the ground. “As the water comes out, it forms a thin layer of the rock, then another, then another.” Travertine often forms ...

Embedded in a travertine floor tile along the hallway leading to the terrace was what appeared to be a human jawbone. Sliced diagonally, the tile revealed a cross-section of several teeth.

Jamie Fobert Architects has completely overhauled a Victorian house in north London, adding new basement floors that provide a light-filled living room and a travertine-lined swimming pool.