Carved with stone tools out of mammoth ivory, the tiny head measures just 1.9 inches (4.8 centimeters) tall and 1 inch (2.4 cm) wide. The sculpture appears to represent a woman's face, with ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona got carved by water over millions of years of slow but steady erosion. Two similarly-sized canyons on the moon got carved by flying rocks in about ten minutes.

The Royal Canadian Mint sells many unique coins, and its latest offering celebrates the Lunar New Year. The Lunar Year Of The Snake With Jade 2 oz Coin features an unusual design: a 30 mm silver ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...

The ivories from India are usually called Indo-Portuguese. African ivory was much preferred by the Indian craftsmen since it was less brittle and could be carved with more detail. Thousands of tusks ...

Bill DuVall of Newton, currently has his beautiful collection of soapstone and ivory carvings on display at the Newton Public Library. DuVall collected most of the items during his time in the ...

[Deut. 5:6-10; RSV] Verse 7 forbids the worship of other gods, while verses 8-9 forbid the making of graven (carved) images that would be worshipped as gods, i.e. idols. Now worshipping statues ...

It is noteworthy that most of the ivory carved in India actually came from the Portuguese colonies in Africa. African ivory was much preferred by the Indian craftsmen since it was less brittle and ...

A Nairobi court will rule in June on a case that could compel Kenya’s Parliament to remove skeleton carvings displayed at the entrance of the National Assembly and on the Speaker’s seats. The case has ...