How Egypt’s Stone Sculptors Keep Alive A Craft Dating Back To The Pharaohs | Still Standing

For over sixty years, Sayed Al-Mataany has been using thousand-year-old, Ancient Egyptian methods to carve hieroglyphs into vases and sculptures - but major blows to Egypt’s tourism industry have caused a steady decline in the number of tourists coming to Luxor to buy his ornaments. We went to Luxor in Egypt to see how his business is still standing.
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[@baronroaster404]

I visited one of these stone workshops on Luxor. Really cool stuff. Bought a handmade flint statue of Horus perched on a scarab

[@KimmAntell]

I kinda wish this was longer. I love watching the art be made!

[@gamalnassertv]

Amazing Sa'idis! 💪🏿

[@bbenacho6776]

Is there a way to contact Sayed, if I wanted to hire him to make a piece?

[@tmastersat]

You cant do any if this with coper hammers. Hes not telling the truth this is not handed down from anyone its not how they did it

[@NannaTyphon]

Could you add Links to their respective websites?

[@LivieRBicyclistRaincatcher]

Which website?

[@loveispatientloveiskind2205]

I want to be able to do detail like that, to carve ..
Can anyone help ?