Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...
Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.
"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...
The artifact comes from a Predynastic cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt, specifically Grave 3932 (an adult male burial). It measures about 63 mm long and weighs roughly 1.5 grams, so small it was easy ...
However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...
A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...
A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...
An international team of researchers has established that a small and long-forgotten copper alloy tool, excavated a century ...
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