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Stone Lanterns, Kasuga Shrine
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Stone Lanterns, Kasuga Shrine

Stone votive lanterns at the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine, Nara, Japan. Founded in 768 CE (or 710 CE) during the Nara period.
Stone Weight from Sippar
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Stone Weight from Sippar

The inscription, unusually for a weight, is cut in reverse. It mentions that this stone weight was dedicated to the temple of Shamash, the sun god, at Sippar. It precisely gives the weight as 10 mina, 15 shekels, a little...
Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba
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Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba

This stone tablet was found in a niche into the right-hand wall of the space leading to the burial chamber of Tomb II (one of the vaulted burial chambers of the so-called Queens' Tombs inside the North-West Palace at Nimrud...
Unique Stone Architecture at Tatev Monastery
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Unique Stone Architecture at Tatev Monastery

Tatev Monastery was one of medieval Armenia's most important religious and cultural centers during the Middle Ages. It's famous throughout the Caucasus for its stone architecture and location on a large...
Rufus Stone,  New Forest
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Rufus Stone, New Forest

The Rufus stone (now a metal plaque) which marks the spot in the New Forest, England where William II of England (r. 1087-1100 CE) died in a hunting accident.
Stone for harvest offerings
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Stone for harvest offerings

The stone Kernos for food offerings of the collected harvest, the Minoan settlement of Malia, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).
Stone Mould for Axes & Bronze Axe from Ancient Ireland
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Stone Mould for Axes & Bronze Axe from Ancient Ireland

The stone mould, used for making flat and flanged axes, was found at Crannong, Loughscur, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. The bronze axe was found at Lisboy, Co. Meath, Ireland. Both date back to 2500-1700...
A Stone Bowl with Two Inscriptions
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A Stone Bowl with Two Inscriptions

This stone bowl has two sets of cuneiform inscriptions. The first one says that the bowl was booty brought to Mesopotamia from Magan (modern Sultanate of Oman) by the Akkadian king Naram-Sin (2254-2218 BCE). The...
Decorated Stone from Ancient Ireland
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Decorated Stone from Ancient Ireland

Decorated stone from Kilwarden, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 2500-1700 BCE. National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.
King Stone, Rollright Stones
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King Stone, Rollright Stones

Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the King Stone is a solitary weathered monolith dated to 2nd millennium BCE.
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