White calsite chapels at Karnak's open-air museum reveal tube drill marks and saw cuts cutting through hard material. French archaeologist Salamkum found these Middle Kingdom chapel blocks were repurposed into New Kingdom pylons.
White calsite chapels show advanced tool marks
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Key facts
- White calsite chapels in the open-air museum show clear evidence of circular saw cuts
- The same tool marks found at pyramid builder sites appear on these New Kingdom chapels
- These are tube drill marks and saw cuts cutting through hard calsite material
- The French archaeologist Salamkum discovered these materials were repurposed in building pylons
- The white calsite chapels were originally from the Middle Kingdom, King Susertert's time
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Lost Ancient Technology Of Egypt: Curious Drill Holes In Stonehiddenincatours.com
And here we have, at the site called Abugurab, near Abusir the obvious evidence of a tube drill cutting into alabaster. Theories that the Dynastic Egyptians ...
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