The first step in stone carving is choosing the right stone. In Africa, soapstone is used due to its softness, which makes it ...

A mysterious stone engraved with carvings nearly 1,700 years old has been discovered in a historically rich region believed ...

Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it because a volcanic eruption covered the sky ...

A MYSTERIOUS stone carved nearly 1,700 years ago has been unearthed in a region rich with Biblical history, where Jesus is said to have walked on water. The volcanic slab, inscribed with Ancient ...

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Third-generation seal engraver Yam Man-hong talks about preserving the craft at his tiny Hong Kong stall, and keeping up with the times Man Wa Lane is an alley in one of Hong Kong's oldest ...

Ian Gardner, Rosslyn Chapel Trust director, said: “The Lady Chapel is the most ornately carved part of the building and the ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable ...