Ancient Secrets

Ancient Secrets

Mr. Denys Stocks, a retired policeman, has just been given a B.Sc. for twelve years' research into ancient Egyptian industrial methods. Egyptologists have often wondered how the Egyptians were able to cut such hard stones and how they produced such fine jewelry. Mr. Stocks has shown that the Egyptians used saws and drills. The saws and drills were made of copper, which is very soft. But the Egyptian craftsmen turned them into very powerful tools. First, the craftsman made a cut in a stone with a soft saw. Then the craftsman poured sand into the cut. The hard sand got into the teeth of the saw and did the cutting. In this way, a worker could cut basalt, one of the hardest rocks. The sand he used turned into a very fine powder. The powder was then used by jewelers to cut precious stones and to make delicate jewelry.

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