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BHANDARIMARBLEGROUP’S NATURAL STONE The History of Natural Stone Flooring By D.C. Bhandari For millions of years, a combination of heat and pressure created blocks of natural stone, including granite, marble, travertine, limestone, and slate. As the earth’s crust began to grow and erode, it pushed minerals up from its core, forming massive rock deposits, which we refer to as “quarries”. During the Roman Empire (27 BC to AD 476)  engineers found another advantage of stone floors – heating. They built a small basement with pillars under the floor to support large stone squares. A vent was created at one end of the basement, and a fire was started under the opposite end. Stone construction was first developed in India & Egypt over 5000 years ago, with the building of palaces and monuments and Mohan jodro, Hadapa using large bricks of mountain-cut material. Today, the pyramids at Giza have some of the oldest examples of natural stone flooring in the world, proving the long-term r...