EditorialThe oldest known dinosaur, Anchisaurus, from North America, New Red Sandstone Period. Print after an illustration by Joseph Smit from Henry Neville Hutchinsons Creatures of Other Days, Popular Studies in Palaeontology, Chapman and Hall, London, 1896.
EditorialIberian Necropolis of Pozo Moro. 525-501 BC. Sandstone tower. Detail. Chinchilla de Monte-Aragon, province of Albacete Castile-La Mancha, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialCapital of Caliphal type, 10th century. It was made with bevel technique in sandstone. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
EditorialEgyptian Art. Cornice Block with relief showing the Baptism of Pharaoh Roman Period. 41- 68 A.D. Sandstone. 1st Cataract, Philae, Temple of Harendotes. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialSandstone frieze from the first cathedral at Faras, Sudan, early 7th. The sandstone block formed part of a decorative frieze in the apse of the sanctuary chamber. Between the pillars, under a Coptic cross, stands a dove or eagle; both birds were import...
Editorialstela with the cartouches of the pharaohs Thutmose III and Hatsheput, sandstone, dynasty, XVIII, 1479-1425 BC. C., Wadi Haifa, Sudan, collection of the British Museum.
EditorialMemorial tombstone depicting Pharaoh Alexander I and Bukhis the bull, sandstone, Macedonian dynasty, 332-323 BC, Armant, Egypt, collection of the British Museum.
EditorialRelief with palace attendant, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 BC, From Egypt, Sandstone, H. 23 ? W. 30.5 ? D. 4.5 cm (9 1/16 ? 12 ? 1 3/4 in.), Narrow wooden palm columns provide the clue that a room of a palace or house structure...
EditorialSandstone Quarry. Louis Auguste Lep?re (French, 1849-1918); published by A. Desmoulins (French, active c. 1908-1910). Date: 1890. Dimensions: 61 ? 152 mm (image); 162 ? 263 mm (sheet). Wood engraving in black on cream laid Japanese paper. Origin: France.
EditorialEgyptian Art. Cornice Block with relief showing the Baptism of Pharaoh Roman Period. 41- 68 A.D. Sandstone. 1st Cataract, Philae, Temple of Harendotes. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialFragment of a Temple Doorway Lintel. India. Date: 1000-1099. Dimensions: 35.9 x 84.1 x 10.0 cm (14 1/8 x 33 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.). Red sandstone. Origin: Uttar Pradesh.
EditorialSandstone Holy Water Font. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23.6 x 35.6 cm (9 5/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 6" high; 12" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialThe Taje Mahel at Agra. The magnificent portal is a red sandstone structure with an imposing central portico. 1796. Coloured aquatint. Source: P928. Language: English.
EditorialFemale heads. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Sandstone. Iberian culture. From the Shrine of Cerro de los Santos (Montealegre del Castillo, Albacete province, Castille-La Mancha, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialMarble Ca?on, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1.200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone. William H. Bell (American, 1830-1910); commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps ...