An artisan works on an alabaster artwork at a workshop in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 10, 2025. Amidst the ancient temples and ...
The massive stone block weighed roughly 40,000 pounds and sat in front of a crumbling ancient temple in Egypt. When archaeologists ... archaeologists found a carving of a fertility god next ...
The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...
The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving ... foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language ...
LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 27 (Xinhua ... We reinterpret it with our own creativity." For decades, stone carving has been a vital income source for hundreds of families in Luxor, sustaining communities ...
Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt Luxor skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs - ...