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

Third-generation seal engraver Yam Man-hong talks about preserving the craft at his tiny Hong Kong stall, and keeping up with ...

A MYSTERIOUS stone carved nearly 1,700 years ago has been unearthed in a region rich with Biblical history, where Jesus is ...

"Horse treads on the Hun" is a stone carving, most known and impressive of those found in front of Huo Qubing's tomb. It calls up images of the young general galloping across fields in battle with ...

Iron powder would be rubbed by hand on the completed object to get a smooth finish. “Stone carving is a hard way to earn a living. Most artisans would spend six to eight hours in the sun ...

Jade artisans have made full use of the raw stone's original shape ... and is one of the most commonly applied methods in jade carving to reflect the artisans' ingenuity.

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown might find some good source material for a new novel, but Stone of Destiny’s Roman numerals ...

The Green Man was originally carved and fitted to cover up a crack in one of the arched windows on the outside of Fountains Abbey. The statue itself is a man's head, with vines flowing out of his ...

However, the only experience any living person had with carving mountains into art was Borglum himself, at Stone Mountain in Georgia. Although he did not complete that project, a number of ...

which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD.