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5,300-Year-Old Bow Drill Found in Predynastic Grave Rewrites Early Egyptian Technology Timeline
A small copper object — just 63 millimetres long — has quietly forced archaeologists to rethink the technological abilities of early Egypt. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna have re-examined a century-old artefact from Upper Egypt and identified it as the earliest known rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating…