On a computer screen in a lab, a scattered cluster of stone flakes suddenly snaps together into a single, razor-edged tool, ...
Explore mysterious “out-of-place” artifacts inside the Cairo Museum, including precision-cut granite boxes, tube drill holes, ...
Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...
"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 ...
A curious ancient Roman artifact has drawn renewed attention as researchers report finally solving the mystery of its undeciphered markings.
Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.
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 ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - This unique and educational exhibition explores the fascinating underwater world of archaeology as it is practiced today. Shipwrecks and the means and methods to retrieve ancient ...
Cara Tremain receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Sabrina C. Higgins receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.