Here’s how it works. Archaeologists have uncovered more than 100 ancient inscriptions carved into rock at Wadi el-Hudi, where the ancient Egyptians mined amethyst. In addition to the carved-rock ...

The name comes from Greek a-méthystos, literally “not intoxicated”, and the crafty ancient Greeks wore amethyst jewellery and drank from carved amethyst cups in an effort to stay on the right ...