(photo credit: SOTHEBY’S) A stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments that was carved anywhere between 300 to 800 A.D. will go on the block at Sotheby’s next week and is expected to ...

At the heart of the cavern, placed prominently in a niche, was a three-dimensional turtle or tortoise shell sculpture, carved from a dolomite boulder, which appears to have been the focal point of ...

The practice of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back to the 4th century. The Star of Bethlehem that hangs overhead is made of mother of ...

Drive around the coast of this beautiful region and you’ll never be too far from a spectacular city of the dead – elaborate tombs carved by Lycians into the sides of cliffs overlooking towns ...

But while rival European horologists vaunt the traditions of their centuries-old workshops, design duo Toledano & Chan’s new creation has a longer history altogether: It was carved from a ...

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Forget grizzly bears and killer whales — for many of us, the most terrifying creature on earth is a cooked turkey, fresh from the oven and waiting to be carved. The ideal is a gorgeous golden bird, ...

The incident in September made national headlines and caused controversy and concern as reports widely circulated that the n-word had been “carved” into the student’s chest. The family also ...

Erosion has eaten away at the work, adding to the challenge of studying them A series of camel sculptures carved into rock faces in Saudi Arabia are likely to be the oldest large-scale animal ...