This tiny Egyptian object was mistaken for a copper awl for a century; researchers now say its six surviving leather coils reveal a 5,300-year-old bow-powered rotary drill

A small copper-alloy object in a Cambridge museum spent decades attracting little attention. It is only 63 millimetres long ...
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5,000-year-old discovery rewrites history of ancient Egyptian technology

Our understanding of ancient Egyptian technology has evolved thanks to experts reevaluating a small metal object. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna have had ...
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Long-lost ancient Egyptian technology rewrites the dawn of civilization

A tiny copper-alloy tool long overlooked in a museum collection is reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. Researchers said the artefact shows ancient Egyptians were ...
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Proteomics Reveals 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Paint Formulas

Beneath the pigments of ancient Egyptian masterworks lies a complex adhesive recipe, previously hidden from modern science. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and The British Museum ...