800bc
800 bce
1000bce
Because marble lasts longer than stone
There are around 900 Moai (stone heads) on Easter Island.
It's possible that this means that the Hope Diamond is being shown without a setting, being shown as a loose stone. Follow the link, below, and scroll down to see the stone being displayed as a loose stone.
Plaster , concrete , marble ,alabaster, any stone that can be sculpted .
The use of sculpture dates back thousands of years. Ancient Greeks created stone sculpture and so did the ancient Egyptian culture. Early man created many things out of stone to have for religious rites and to represent various gods. These items today are in museums around the world and are quite remarkable and beautiful considering they were made 5,000 or more years ago.
On Stone Mountain, in Georgia, near Atlanta.
I'm gonna go with stone.
Stone monolithic sculptures.
There is Western speculation -- probably formulated by Victorians in the late 1800s -- that the original stone was the "...eye of a sculpted statue of the goddess Sita, the wife of Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu" from which it was removed. As well, the stone may have been stolen from the French crown jewels -- according to speculation. You can read more, below.
A three-dimensional form or likeness sculpted, modeled, carved, or cast in material such as stone, clay, wood, or bronze.