Based on the book "Built from Stone: The Westerly Granite Story," CARVED FROM STONE: LEGACY OF A GRANITE TOWN shows Westerly granite as the "gold standard," with hundreds of blacksmiths, carvers, ...

granite stone sitting in Kevin Conley’s office at the Barre Monument Company. Conley and the stone have a lot in common—both look as if they’ve been there a while, and neither is going anywhere ...

Disputed since it was discovered in 2020, the stone carving has now been authenticated as 2,200 years old, making it the only Qin-era inscription preserved in its original location.

NORFOLK — Gravestones stand quietly in cemeteries around the nation and the world, symbols of a family’s loss and remembrance of a loved one. Older monuments are often made of limestone, marble and ...

The popular Maya stone carving known as Altar Q might have a deeper hidden meaning that represents important dates in the ...

Three-dimensional models of Neolithic carved stone balls — some of the most enigmatic objects from Europe's late Stone Age — are now online, letting anyone interested in ancient wonders view many of ...

Letterpress and letter carving expert Jesse Marsolais gave a demonstration of stone carving in conjunction with the Haas Arts Library’s new exhibition “Learning from Letterforms: Past & Present.” ...

This story was originally published on myAJC.com on Sept. 28, 2016, five days after Roy Faulkner, the man who carved Stone Mountain’s Confederate monument, died. It's a warm day in September and, with ...

Two years before the Declaration of Independence was signed, Anstiss Crowninshield’s gravestone was laid in its place at the Old Burying Point Cemetery in Salem, right next to one that belonged to her ...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate ...