Re: Tools 2

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Posted by Alex blease (194.82.103.147) on June 14, 2001 at 12:15:06:

In Reply to: Re: Tools 2 posted by Alex blease on June 14, 2001 at 02:41:39:

: : What other types of tools have been found in the graves of workers at the Pyramid sites?
: Gavin
: snow66@pacific.net.au

All stone cutting was carried out with copper chisels, to rough dress stone, balls of diorite were used
to pound the stone. Smoothness was obtained by rubbing or abrading the surface with a mixture of Quartz/sand and water.
Patience was the key word, they took their time.
Iron tools only became widely used in the greco-roman period.

Chech out the work of Denys Stocks who is an expert on Egyptian stone working.

Alex

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