with instruments for sculpture, even with softer metal instruments for stonecarving.
it is carved out of limestone
Limestone
It was originally carved from a single block of limestone.
it was made out of limestone and carved by hand.
The Great Sphinx, believed to be the most immense stone sculpture in the round ever made by man, was carved [sculpted] from a huge rectangular bedrock block of limestone.
No, the Sphinx is carved from limestone. Iron rusts, limestone doesn't rust. But its limestone is damaged, both by weathering and deliberate acts of man.
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lime stone
It is carved of natural limestone of Giza.
Yes - The Great Sphinx of Giza is carved from limestone.
The sphinx was carved out of solid limestone. No bricks were used.
relief carving