Traditionally turnips and swedes were carved before the more recent introduction of pumpkins.
The vegetable was a turnip. It was a turnip because the Celts believed that the head contained wisdom and the energy of the body. They would "headhunt" them and stick them to the doors to frighten off harmful spirits.
Jack-o'-lanterns have been carved into many different vegetables over the years, pumpkins being the most popular and gourds being one of the first. In Scotland, turnips were quite popular as well as pumpkins.
gourds
It's the images and scenes that were traditionally carved into/out of ivory.
Turnips.
Radishes is the vegetable. The festival is La Noche de la Rabinos.
"Turnips" and sometimes potatoes.
Turnips were carved instead of pumpkins.
Historically, people in Ireland and Scotland, carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away wandering evil spirits. The English used large beets.Once immigrants came to the United States they discovered that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, was the perfect carving fruit.
Pyramids were carved from stone, and Ziggurats were traditionally made with glazed bricks which apparently degraded more easily.
Pyramids were carved from stone, and Ziggurats were traditionally made with glazed bricks which apparently degraded more easily.
The pyramids of Egypt were constructed using large and durable stones, while the ziggurats of Mesopotamia were made of mud bricks which are more susceptible to erosion and decay. Additionally, the dry climate of Egypt helped preserve the pyramids, whereas the wetter environment in Mesopotamia contributed to the disintegration of the ziggurats over time.