Ancient Egyptian stone vases match modern precision. 3D scanning reveals thousandths-of-inch accuracy in granite/diorite. UCL Petrie Museum research at Saqqara.
Egyptian stone vases show 12,000-year-old precision technology
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Key facts
- Egyptian stone vases date from 12,000-14,000 years ago (Naqada cultures) to the start of dynastic civilization around 3,000 BC
- Tens of thousands of these vases exist in museums worldwide in pre-dynastic sections
- Some vases found beneath the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
- 3D structured light scanning and CT X-ray scanning reveal precision to single digit thousandths of an inch in concentricity and roundness
- Vases made from granite, diorite and other extremely hard stones
- Project involves collaboration with Egyptian university and the Petrie Museum at UCL
- The scanning project is expanding the dataset to analyze geometric consistency across more vases
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