It’s the tomb that keeps on giving. More than two years since its discovery, a treasure-filled Greek tomb has offered up perhaps its most significant find to date: a Minoan stone carving so ...

A historic collection of small carved animals created by Fabergé made a clean sweep at U.K. auction house Elmwood’s this week. The menagerie of early 20th-century hardstone sculptures fetched a ...

Harold Van Pelt is known worldwide for taking illuminating photographs of gems and minerals. However, he’s not as well known for the delicate carvings he makes out of the precious rock. It’s a hobby ...

Simon Schama introduces us to Pylos Combat Agate - one of the finest works of prehistoric Greek art ever discovered. Watch: Civilisations (UK-only) Stone carving which could alter the course of art ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A sardonyx cameo of a Grecian god, framed in diamonds and set on a deep red silk cord, caught the eyes of many ...