"We use the same techniques, tools, and materials employed in ancient Egypt ... carving an ashtray. "We don't just copy the past. We reinterpret it with our own creativity." For decades, stone ...

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 ...

An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet dating back around 3,500 ... which she had initially assumed was a stone. “I showed it to my mother, and she said it was just an ordinary stone or a bead.