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 symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving ... foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language ...

Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into breathtaking artworks, reviving the ...

It was originally proposed that the stone carvings of the sun were buried to ensure good harvests. The sun was the focal point for early agricultural cultures in northern Europe, says Rune Iversen ...

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 ...