<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishVifaa bora zaidi vilitumiwa katika ujenzi wake: marumaru nyeupe kutoka visiwa vya Marmara, rangi ya kijani kutoka Thessaly, marumaru ya manjano ya Afrika, dhahabu na fedha kutoka Efeso, na nguzo za kale za porphyry nyekundu ambazo labda zilitoka Misri na zinaweza kuwa zilikuwa ziko katika Hekalu la Jua huko Baalbek.  <response>: The finest materials were used in its construction white marble from the islands of the Marmara, verd antique from Thessaly, African yellow marble, gold and silver from Ephesus, and ancient red porphyry columns that possibly came from Egypt and may once have stood in the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek. 