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  "path": "/2026/02/20/the-travertine-quarries-that-built-ancient-rome-are-carving-rock-for-a-new-generation-of-temples/",
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    "International",
    "News",
    "Religion Hub",
    "lapis tiburtinus",
    "Mormon church",
    "Romans",
    "Rome",
    "St. Peter's Basilica",
    "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints",
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  "textContent": "Today, the same quarries that built Rome with their distinctive pock-marked travertine are still being dug out to build a new generation of churches, temples and mosques around the world — as well as banks, museums, government buildings and private homes.",
  "title": "The travertine quarries that built ancient Rome are carving rock for a new generation of temples"
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