The handiwork of artist Lee Downey, the 46.5-pound skull, titled Yorick, is carved from an iron-based Gibeon meteorite that crashed to earth in Namibia, Africa, some 1,000 years ago.

Some small crystal skulls probably started out as pre-Columbian beads and were carved into their present shape for sale in the late 19 th century, in her view.

Crystals carved into the shape of a human skull fed the 19th century's need for drama and mystery and its fascination with death. They were supposed to be the creation of ancient Mesoamericans ...

Light refreshments and small bites will be served. “As my experience working with bison skulls has grown over the last 10 years, I have tried to take on a more spiritual approach to my carvings.

The three carved skulls in question only make up 15 percent of all the crania found at Göbekli Tepe, the oldest temple site in the world. That’s significant archaeologically, but cult-wise, not ...

Crystal skulls are not uncommon or terribly mysterious. Thousands are produced every year in Brazil, China, and Germany. But there are a handful of these rather macabre objects that have fueled ...

An ancient "skull cult" might've existed thousands of years ago in present-day Turkey. Three deeply carved skulls found at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site suggest that humans disfigured the ...

Turns out crystal skulls do have a pretty compelling background story – maybe not as cool as the Ark of the Covenant, but definitely cooler than the Sankara Stones in “Temple of Doom.” ...

Three carved skull fragments uncovered at a Neolithic dig site in Turkey feature modifications not seen before among human remains of the time, researchers say. Thus, these modified skull ...

One skull had a drill mark about 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) in diameter near the center of the top of the head. This same skull also showed traces of red ochre, a natural pigment frequently found ...