Egyptian predynastic stone vessels display exacting stoneworking. A project involving UCL’s Petrie Museum and researchers in Egypt used 3D structured-light scans and X-ray CT to study examples, including material recovered beneath Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara. The video argues that some vessels reach single-digit thousandths of an inch in concentricity and roundness, comparable to modern precision. The Naqada chronology is about 4000–3100 BCE, not 12,000–14,000 years ago.
Scans assess precision in Naqada stone vessels
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Key facts
- Naqada predynastic stone-vessel production dates to about 4000–3100 BCE, not 12,000–14,000 years ago.
- Predynastic vessels were made from basalt and other hard stones, including diorite and granite.
- Examples were recovered from beneath Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
- 3D structured-light scanning and X-ray CT were used to analyse vessel geometry, including concentricity and roundness.
- The video argues that the measurements show single-digit thousandths of an inch of accuracy comparable to modern precision.
- The project involves UCL’s Petrie Museum and an Egyptian university and is expanding the dataset to compare more vessels.
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