Elegant arches, pillars and alcoves carved out of sandstone through erosion, are actually caused by the load above the sandstone strengthening the rock beneath to resist weathering, a new study finds.

The Al Naslaa rock formation is characterized by its two symmetrical sandstone blocks resting on natural pedestals. What makes this formation truly remarkable is the presence of an incredibly ...

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The researchers, led by Jiri Bruthans of Charles University in Prague, conducted erosion experiments using blocks of sandstone exposed to a range of environmental conditions.

Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images . The massive sandstone bricks used to construct the 12th-century temple of ...

The monument's larger outer blocks, called the Sarsen stones, were likely quarried some 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) away in what's now England, where sandstone is a common material.

The 18,000-pound sandstone block full of dinosaur bones was relocated from Thanksgiving Point’s Museum of Ancient Life to the Utah Core Research Center at the Utah Department of Natural Resources.

Al Naslaa is a rock formation in Saudi Arabia's northwestern desert consisting of two huge, symmetrical stone blocks that are separated by a mysterious gap and sit on small pedestals.