According to the city of Alabaster, the closures are staggered, beginning July 9. The closures are so CSX can replace ...

City leaders in Alabaster provided updates on the construction of a $43 million recreation center and library near Highway 119 and Thompson Road.

From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry. The absence of ancient ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Herod the Great was ...

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Herod “the Great”, king of Judea in the second half of the first century BC, was known for his building projects, wealth, and political power. Two of his personal calcite-alabaster bathtubs, found in ...

Alabaster will hold its municipal election on Aug. 26 to determine who of the two mayoral and three Ward 1 council candidates will represent the city. Most of the council candidates ran uncontested ...

A new study allows for the first time the distinction between calcite-alabaster originating in Israel from that originating in Egypt. Furthermore, it confirms that calcite-alabaster objects, such as ...