EditorialStatue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu and Family, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1802 B.C., From Egypt; Probably originally from Southern Upper Egypt, Elephantine, Sandstone, H. 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.); W. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); D. 16 cm (6 5/...
EditorialQuarrying Granite for Mormon Temple, 1870/78, William Henry Jackson, American, 1843?1942, United States, Albumen print, stereo, No. 119 from the series "Views in the Rocky Mountains.
EditorialIllustration of the First Parable: alchemists searching for gold by quarrying into a rock; below, Esther and Ahasuerus. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. Source: Harley 3469, f.13v. Language: German.
EditorialThe Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense dec...
EditorialIllustration of the First Parable: alchemists searching for gold by quarrying into a rock; below, Esther and Ahasuerus. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. Source: Harley 3469, f.13v. Language: German.
EditorialAlum works. The Costume of Yorkshire, illustrated by a series. Richard Jackson: Leeds, 1885. Men quarrying at an alum works. Image taken from The Costume of Yorkshire, illustrated by a series of forty engravings, being facsimiles of original drawings ...
EditorialStatue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu and Family, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1802 B.C., From Egypt; Probably originally from Southern Upper Egypt, Elephantine, Sandstone, H. 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.); W. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); D. 16 cm (6 5/...
EditorialThe Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense dec...