It’s amazing what can be found at the bottom of people’s gardens. The severed marble head of an unknown Roman philosopher, ...

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Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was ...

A carving piece on display at the exhibition hall of the intangible heritage workshop in Quyang, Hebei province. [Photo by Bi Nan/chinadaily.com.cn] Stone carving, known as the art of "stone and ...

Ten lucky teens will have a chance to design, carve and build a stone bench from scratch at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center this summer, in a free, two-week stone carving workshop led by ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation. The ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation.

Researchers who were part of the latest excavation found the stone slab “extraordinary”, not only for its size, but also for the scenes it depicted. This is mainly because until now ...

Beneath the emotions of loss and reverence, and with a new pope in place, Rome continues its spiritual, cultural and gastronomic transformation.