A pair of carved stone statues used as garden ornaments have sold for more than £195,000 ($265,510) after it was revealed that they were ancient Egyptian relics dating back thousands of years, an ...

SANTIAGO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A huge "Moai" statue, one of the iconic stone monuments from Easter Island, began its journey back home on Monday following a years-long campaign to get it returned to its ...

CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (AP) — A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a ...

Chilean and local authorities were working to assess damage to famous stone statues on Easter Island after a fire sparked earlier this week on the remote territory. The fire, which began Tuesday near ...

"Both busts are presented in a stone sculpture design, accompanied by bases that feature characteristics of stone columns. A highlight on these "Frozen" busts is the national flower of Arendelle, the ...

CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe — A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

The head of one of the large sphinxes discovered in the funerary complex for Amenhotep III. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the remains of two large ...

Residents of the Ukrainian cultural capital Lviv are assisting efforts to safeguard historic monuments, according to local heritage officials, with several stone statues seen being wrapped in ...

Jul. 23—ROCHESTER — The Sisters of St. Francis hoped to see Assisi Heights as a welcoming place. People can drive onto the peaceful campus, attend mass services and notice the details of the convent ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) -- Some new faces are settling in on the KU campus -- stone sculptures restored to their home at the top of the university’s Natural History Museum. As part of a renovation ...