alabaster
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Amid all the flash and bling, an alabaster weight used to hold down the cloth spreads that covered palace floors during the hot months could easily escape notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Her prom dreams inch closer as her lies begin to mount and her new alabaster skin starts peeling off at extremely inopportune moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
The find included an enormous collection of artifacts, among them many exquisitely preserved Egyptian alabaster vessels that likely represented the finest available during Tutankhamen's reign, which last from 1,333 to 1,323 BCE.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
At the far end of the room, where the altar would have been, stood a ten-foot-tall statue of pure white alabaster - a young woman in a white robe, a serene smile on her face.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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