An ancient Maya relief sculpture that was found in a German antique shop and is suspected to have been looted from Mexico was returned to that country on 18 July, by way of the Mexican consulate in ...

A sparkling, life-size skull on offer at Bonhams Los Angeles this month could be the largest carving ever made from a meteorite. The handiwork of artist Lee Downey, the 46.5-pound skull, titled Yorick ...

Hunter-gatherers who built and worshiped at one of the oldest known ritual centers in the world carved up human skulls in a style all their own. At Turkey’s Göbekli Tepe site — where human activity ...

I carved three life-sized human skulls over different time frames: 5 minutes, 5 hours, and 5 days, to see how time affects artistry. Each skull is hand-carved from Carob burl and epoxy resin, ...

Three skulls discovered at the site of Göbekli Tepe, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, were found to have been carved and drilled into. A deep incision had been made along the sagittal ...

A Virginia artist is making thousands of dollars not just by using his head, but using the skulls of others. Zane Wylie carves intricate designs on to real human skulls he has obtained legally, ...

Mystery surrounds the appearance of a stylised skull carved into the sandstone cliffs at Waipipi Beach near South Taranaki’s Waverley. The carving, which has materialised over the past few weeks, is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An aerial view of Göbekli Tepe, an 11,000-year-old Stone Age site in what is now Turkey. In ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Fragments of three carved human skulls have been uncovered at a mysterious ritual site in Turkey.