Newly identified ancient Egyptian copper drill rewrites history of region’s craftsmanship

The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual ...

Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 years

A rock shelter discovered in the southern Sinai Desert contains designs and inscriptions spanning a period of 10,000 years, ...

5,300-year-old bow drill proves ancient Egypt had advanced tech far earlier than expected

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

How hieroglyphs became the sacred script of the ancient Egyptians

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is reshaping everything we thought about the civilisation

A long-overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is now reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. A ...

This 5,300-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Tool May Be the World's Oldest Metal Drill

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.
Ancient Origins

Egyptian Mummy Mask Fragments Reunited Using 3D Metrology

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...
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3 Ways Ancient Egypt Left Its Mark on Modern Art

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...