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Men-An-Tol StonesMen-An-Tol standing stones, Penzance, Cornwall
Slings / Heated StonesUsing slings with heated stones
Building StonehengeThe construction of Stonehenge - a team of workers haul one of the great stones
Rocs Stone SindbadThe vessel of Sindbad the Sailor is attacked by ROCs who hurl great stones at it
Skimming stones on a pebble beachSkimming stones. A young boy, standing next to his seated family, flings flat stones into the sea from the pebble beach, trying to make them skim across the surface in the evening light
Black Geyser, New ZealandThe BLACK GEYSER of New Zealand hurls mud and stones to a height of 300 metres
Cimon OstracisedCimon is ostracised by democratic vote
Diamonds / VariousDetail of celebrated diamonds including, Grand Mogul and the Kohi-noor
Deucalion and PyrrhaAfter the deluge, Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha repopulate the Earth by throwing stones (the bones of their mother) behind them : his stones become men, hers women
Pearl Fishing / 1870Fishing for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Native divers hold their breath and drop down to the sea bed on lines
Diving for PearlsDiving for pearls from a simple sail boat
Pearl Fishing / AustraliaFishing for pearls in the Torres Straits, Australia
Hadrians Wall - BruntonA section of Hadrians Wall at Brunton, opposite the fort of Chesters, which is the other side of the North Tyne River. The site has evidence of the Roman bridge abutment
Game / Stella / FossetteLa Fossette aux Noyaux: a game in which small stones (possibly plumstones) are thrown, in an attempt to get them into a small hole in the ground
Game / Stella / RangetteLa Rangette: a game in which small stones (possibly plumstones) are thrown, and grouped into a row of tidy piles
Mausoleum / HalicarnassusA massive memorial to King Maussollus of Caria built at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum). Completed in 350 BC, the mausoleums stones were re-used in a crusader castle
Dancers of Stanton DrewStanton Drew Stone circle is celebrated in folklore as the members of a wedding party lured by the devil to celebrate on the sabbath and thus becoming petrified!
Part of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified, ornamented with pearls and other precious stones and preserved in the cathedral at Tournai
Beringers Lying StonesBERINGERs LYING STONES Beringer (d.1740) a scholar of Wurzburg, was taken in by stones apparently bearing strange markings but actually fabricated by his colleagues
Roman PavingHow paved Roman roads were made from paving stones cut to fit together
Paving Stones, ParisLaying paving stones near the cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, France
Chicago Riots & PoliceCHICAGO RIOTS Stirred up by fiendish anarchists, workers riot - and have to be put down with brutal force - police cower from the demonstrators stones
Willesden ChurchWillsdon Church, Middlesex. The church was first mentioned in 1181 but wasn t recorded as St. Marys until around 1280. By 1500s was known for its shrine to the Virgin Mary
Nat. American WritingNative American (probably Comanche) inscriptions on stones and other items
Rioting at BerlinLamp-posts topple, railings buckle, paving stones are uplifted, doors battered when democratic demonstraters attack a ministers residence in the Wilhelmstrasse
Hunt SaboteursCountry children throw stones at foxhunters, not through concern for animal rights but as a protest on behalf of human rights
Stone Age BoatmakingStone Age man builds one of the first boats, using heated stones to hollow out a log
no Trespassers AllowedA curious sign on a gate in the countryside, reading: Please do not spit, or throw stones, etc. in field. No trespassers allowed. Grange- over-Sands, Lancashire
Industry / Precious StonesThe Diamond Diggings, South Africa
Paranormal / FirewalkingFirewalkers of Fiji take 12 to 15 seconds to cross a pit of stones which have been heating for two days; they use no special preparations
Digging for diamonds in South AfricaPeople digging for diamonds in South Africa
