The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years ago ...

Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...

For a religion that preaches the transience of all things, the ever shifting sands of China's western deserts might seem the ...

The Scottish Parliament is staging an election with a difference, as members of the public are being urged to vote for three new quotes which will be carved into a ... wreathing of poetry around the ...

The public are being urged to choose between two quotes from three former makars – with the most popular to be carved ... of poetry around the Parliament building, that wall of truth, that ...

Space photo of the week: Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red Planet Both dry lakebeds appear to have formed around 3.7 billion years ago, indicating that Mars had an atmosphere ...