stele
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In an emailed statement the spokesperson noted that 28 stelae engraved with the same decree written by Egyptian priests had been discovered, starting with the Rosetta Stone in 1799, and that 21 remain in Egypt.
From Reuters
The stately mixed-media steles — most over six feet tall, like Malcolm X himself — were also informed by Chase-Riboud’s study of ancient Egyptian funerary practices.
From New York Times
From a distance, they resemble the marble steles that ancient societies once used to record battles or royal lineages for posterity.
From New York Times
In 1891 a French archaeological team uncovered a stone stele near the village of Sambor on the banks of the Mekong River, in what was then French Indochina, later to become Cambodia/Kampuchea.
From Scientific American
Throughout the 14-year process, he meticulously copied inscriptions from steles, statues and papyrus.
From Washington Post
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