A worker makes a pot from alabaster, a soft rock that can be carved by hand, at a factory in Luxor
A worker makes a pot from alabaster, a soft rock that can be carved by hand, at a factory in Luxor December 3, 2010. The ancient pharaohs used this material to make household items, ritual objects, sarcophaguses and canopic jars. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)