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A Mislabelled “Awl” From 5,000 Years Ago May Be Ancient Egypt’s Earliest Metal Drill
In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool ...
The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.
Explore the ancient site of Abu Sir near Giza, Egypt, and uncover intriguing evidence found among its ruins. This video examines massive granite pillars transported from Aswan, unusual drill holes in ...
Original photograph of the artefact published in 1927 by Guy Brunton (left) and the actual artefact, photo by Martin Odler Guy Brunton/Martin Odler Production of this article included the use of AI.
Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...
It appears that even the most skilled scribes of ancient Egypt made mistakes. A recent discovery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has revealed that ancient Egyptian artisans used a correction ...
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