The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.
A small copper tool found in a museum drawer is now confirmed as the oldest rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating back 5,300 years.
The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual ...
"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...
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.
A small copper object unearthed in Egypt more than a century ago is now at the centre of a major rethink about how early the civilisation mastered advanced engineering.Originally catalogued in the ...
A small copper object first unearthed more than a century ago is now prompting archaeologists to rethink the technological capabilities of Ancient Egypt. Researchers say the artefact, originally ...
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