An artisan works on an alabaster artwork at a workshop in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 10, 2025. Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a ...
“I am the eighth generation here,” says Ahmed Ali Mohammed Elhofni, standing amid pale stone dust in his family-owned alabaster factory. “My family has been making alabaster pieces since the late ...
LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into ...