EditorialSwimmers in a natural pool surrounded by volcanic rock on the island of Lanyu, which is also the site of a nuclear waste dump, in Taiwan, Aug. 18, 2022. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialPre-columbian Art. Mexico. Aztec. Serpent head. Late Postclassic (1325-1521 A.C.). Volcanic rock. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City. Mexico.
EditorialMaker: Unknown, Offering Table Supported by Four?Caryatids, A.D.?8001100, Volcanic rock, 21.59 ? 25.4 cm (8 1/2 ? 10?in.), Made in Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Period?V, Sculpture.
EditorialMaker: Unknown, Warrior with a Trophy?Head, A.D.?9001200, Volcanic rock, 38.1 ? 20.96 ? 12.7 cm (15 ? 8 1/4 ? 5?in.), Images of trophy bearers carrying an axe in one hand and a severed head in the other commonly occur in Costa Rican sculpture. The head...
EditorialPossible seat with alligator head appearance. Greater Nicoya region, Ometepe Period, Cosa Rica. 1350-1550 AD. Volcanic rock (38 x 32.5 cm). Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialVolcanic bomb. Mass of molten rock (tephra). Formed when a volcano ejects viscous fragments of lava during an eruption. They are extrusive igneous rock. Exemplary from Greece. Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany.
EditorialView of part of the Forum, Pompeii. Columns are of grey tuff, volcanic rock from near-by Nocera; Columns of grey tuff formed the first portico of the Forum, erected by the quaestor Vibius Popidius in the 2nd BCE.
Editorialpossibly Chiriqui, Precolumbian, possibly Costa Rican, Precolumbian, Metate in form of a Jaguar, no date, volcanic rock, Overall: 2 5/8 ? 9 1/4 ? 4 1/2 inches (6.7 ? 23.5 ? 11.4 cm).
EditorialPre-columbian Art. Mexico. Aztec. Serpent head. Late Postclassic (1325-1521 A.C.). Volcanic rock. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City. Mexico.
EditorialBuddhist caves, Adjunta. The ancient Buddhist site of Ajanta had been discovered by chance by a group of tiger-hunting British soldiers in 1819. Remote from cities but close to old trade routes, there are about 30 caves cut into the volcanic rock of th...
EditorialBuddhist caves, Adjunta. The ancient Buddhist site of Ajanta had been discovered by chance by a group of tiger-hunting British soldiers in 1819. Remote from cities but close to old trade routes, there are about 30 caves cut into the volcanic rock of th...
EditorialHead of a Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue), 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Basalt, Overall: 9 x 8 x 6 3/4 in. (22.86 x 20.32 x 17.15 cm), Stone-Sculpture, The Aztecs carved thousands of images of their gods in stones ranging from muc...
EditorialPre-columbian Art. Mexico. Aztec. Serpent head. Late Postclassic (1325-1521 A.C.). Volcanic rock. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City. Mexico.
EditorialView of part of the Forum, Pompeii. Columns are of grey tuff, volcanic rock from near-by Nocera; Columns of grey tuff formed the first portico of the Forum, erected by the quaestor Vibius Popidius in the 2nd BCE.