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How Ancient Egyptians Cut Through Solid Rock
The world of the Ancient Egyptians hold many secrets. How did they build the pyramids? How did they carve its blocks out of ...
In response to reading about some ancient marble-cutting techniques, commenter and ichnologist Phaton explained that there were some remarkable similarities between the techniques of old stone ...
Some researchers believe ancient civilizations may have used sound frequencies to cut through solid stone. This theory could explain how massive monuments were built with impossible precision.
Learn about the 430,000-year-old stone tools and techniques that allowed ancient humans to butcher elephant meat for a hefty ...
Previous research has already shown that rock-wielding capuchin monkeys in Brazil unwittingly produce hominid-like stone flakes (SN: 10/19/16).. Observations of rock bashing by these two monkey ...
Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...
An ancient writing stone was recently found in Spain. Europa Press via Getty Images. It is considered a “lost” society due to a lack of remnants throughout the centuries.
Archaeologists studying an ancient quarry that is home to a famously gigantic stone block have now found an even bigger stone block at the site, reports io9. This monster, which dates back to 27 ...
Experts are still puzzling over a basalt stone tablet more than three years after discovering it near Lake Bashplemi in Georgia. According to their recent study published in the Journal of Ancient ...
Fossil marks suggest hominids butchered one another around 1.45 million years ago. Whether stone-tool marks on a leg bone are a sign of ancient cannibalism is up for debate ...
The pathway spans 600 meters, starting at the first Pool of Siloam, a stone-cut freshwater reservoir unearthed in 2005, and ending at the Temple. “There is practically no doubt that this was the ...