At a cathedral in York, England, expert stonemasons are combining cutting-edge technology with ancient technique to bring ...

Fresh light has been shone on ornate stone carvings at a historic chapel featured in The Da Vinci Code. Rosslyn Chapel in ...

Rosslyn Chapel in Roslin, Midlothian, is known for its intricate carvings and now new lighting is helping to highlight the ...

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

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The founder of the Bell powwow is also a recognized artist as a knife maker and his carvings in stone and wood, and the ...

In use until around 700 CE, older futhark is something of an enigma, with researchers still unsure exactly where, when, and ...

In 2010 the Yorkshire-born Poet Laureate Simon Armitage collaborated with Ilkley Literature Festival to create a series of ...

COFFS Harbour branch of the Australian Plants Society (APS) has organised a walk in honour of the late Frank Kennedy, a carer of the natural environment in and around Coffs Harbour. Mr Kennedy passed ...

A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological ...

Discover the enchanting allure of Rosslyn Chapel, where history and mystery intertwine beneath newly unveiled lights, ...

Spread across 3,200 acres, Stone Mountain Park boasts a variety of attractions. The Confederate Memorial Carving is the most famous (some might say infamous) part of the park. (As calls for the ...