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 ...

In early February, we found and posted a story about Victor Seiche, an artist who carves intricate designs in animal skulls large and small. Based out of the Transylvania region in central Romania ...

The skull carving's voluntary restitution marks another success in Mexico's #MiPatrimonioNoSeVende campaign, translated to English as “my heritage is not for sale”, ...

The skulls were carved from blocks of quartz — sometimes called rock crystal — and show the marks of modern carving tools. That means they were not made before the 19th century.

SKULL SITE Excavations of this ancient ritual center (left) ... A lack of healed bone on the edges of incisions suggests skull carving occurred shortly after death. In the groove.