Blackened stone etched with centuries of decay.
Nearby a woman and a young dark-haired boy stood holding duranja lamps in front of the stone etched with Li Tarka's name.
He had been traveling to collect some stones etched with Tibetan prayers when his jeep had blown a tire.
The finished stone, glazed and etched with six arcing lines emanating from its center on one side, was completed in a week.
Items include granite pavers that have memories of past Hillsboro citizens carved into the stone and photographs etched onto glass.
She gazed toward the castle, its aged gray stone etched in stark relief against the dying afternoon light.
One was a heavy gold band set with onyx, the black stone etched with the golden Lion of Gwy-nedd-the ring of the King's Champion.
As well as burial mounds, there were petroglyphs and standing stones etched with the happy faces of long-dead chieftains.
For about $1,800, you can get a stone etched with a deer scene.
The sculpture is to be set on stones etched with the maps of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.