(Photo: German Archaeological Institute)This block...  ...to: German Archaeological Institute)This block of stone measures 64 feet by 19.6 feet by 18 feet. Weighin...  ...0 tons, it's the largest known surviving block of stone carved by humans.The German Archaeological Instit...

Glass, stone , cement and steel all come together to make amazi...

Gem Pops! Frozen Treat MoldAre you looking for a w...  ...des fascinating facts about gems and semiprecious stones

Look at this huge limestone pillar -and there's a little church on top! The only way to get there is by ladder. It's in the village of Katskhi in western Georgia (the European one). There are many monoliths like this aro...

Rosalind and Donald McIntyre of Fife, Scotland, un...  ...nd Donald McIntyre of Fife, Scotland, unearthed a stone carving in their garden earlier this year that be...  ...to us you could see where they took parts of the stone from behind the ear to try and date it.' Mrs M...

This is a real house in Portugal called Casa d...  ...ugal called Casa do Penedo, which means "house of stone ." Built in 1974, the current resident had to rein...

Sick and tired of getting their signposts stolen o...  ...make one that's a bit more difficult to steal: a stone sign that weigh more than a ton.Ian Ventham, 62,...  ...;. "It was my wife's idea to carve it out of stone ," he said. "We thought, 'Let's put in a...  ...uot;We thought, 'Let's put in...

What happens when you mix the fleeting stream of t...  ...it more long-lasting? Oh say, something carved in stone ? Autobahn and Richard Wendling teamed for this ro...  ...dling teamed for this rockin' art project called # StoneCarvedTweets

The enormous stone orb that chased Indiana Jones in the opening sequ...  ...nce of Raiders of the Lost Ark is based on actual stone spheres found in Costa Rica. The mysterious stones are the focus of study for University of Kansas a...  ...sor John Hoopes. Hoopes is evaluati...

The Musical Stones of Skiddaw.On display at the Keswick Museum and A...  ...instead of metal or wood, the notes are made from stones ! This is the Musical Stones of Skiddaw [wiki], a type of lithophone [wiki] (m...  ...ophone [wiki] (music instrument made of rocks and *strong...