Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ...

Excerpt: Once cherished by ancient civilisations from Egypt to Mesopotamia, lapis lazuli, often dubbed "blue gold," continues ...

The stone carried on its long journey into ancient ... including luminaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, used ultramarine in their masterpieces. The vibrant color and resistance ...

The Gallery Experience is a full recreation of the original Doom game but instead of a chainsaw, Doomguy holds a glass of red ...

Essential companions for your nightly rituals, discover 10 bedside tables that balance function and style. The bedside table ...

The Stone of Madness is certainly filled with both, painting an eye-catching portrait of secrets and skullduggery as you sneak around, searching for an escape. As the days and nights drag on ...

As far as real-time tactical stealth games go, The Stone of Madness is an artistically singular entity, unique in style but faithful to the mechanics players may expect to find in the genre.

The Stone of Madness may be set in the 18th century, a full 350 years on from Umberto Eco's masterful monastic mystery The Name of the Rose, yet the game is clearly indebted to the literary ...

ABOARD THE ULTRAMARINE -- Just when I thought I'd sighted enough humpback whales to die happy, the expedition leader on the Quark Ultramarine announced another whale was feeding near the bow of ...