alabaster
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They include the alabaster monument to John, seventh earl of Arundel, a high-profile casualty of the Hundred Years’ War with France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The researchers noted that intact inscribed ancient Egyptian alabaster vessels are extremely rare, likely fewer than 10 in museum collections worldwide.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 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
Perhaps the Fanbearer had paid a great sum for that red granite coffin with the alabaster lid.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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