alabaster
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The researchers said Carter recorded evidence of an ancient looting episode that focused on what was inside the alabaster vessels.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025
Among the nearly 100 works on view are sculptures in iron, wood, alabaster and clay as well as drawings, collages and experimental works using paper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
The exterior is covered in hieroglyphs and translucent alabaster cut into triangles with a pyramid shaped entrance.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Wind whistling up through the jagged gash in the floor kept the myriad bits of paper circulating like alabaster particles in a paperweight and contributed to a sensation of lacquered, waterlogged unreality.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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