Wonders from Nature
GROUP OF EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC STONE AGE TOOLS
GROUP OF EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC STONE AGE TOOLS
Natural Wonders - Stones
Ex. collection of Dr M. G. Weller, Cornouailles UK
Object :
Nº 1728
Medium :
Stone
Dimensions :
Length between: 9.5 cm (3.7”) and 5 cm (1.9”) – Width: between 1.9 cm (0.7”) and 6 cm (2.3”)
Description :
Beautiful set of five Egyptian flint tools or weapons, including objects resembling a scraper, knives or hatchets. Belonging to the period of cut stone as opposed to that of polished stone. All pieces are in an excellent state of preservation.
Egypt, Sir. Arthur Evans discovered these pieces during excavations in the region of Thebes before 1900. Towards the end of the Neolithic period, a Nilotic civilization appeared circa the 4th millennium BC. During this time, man was already installed in organized villages composed of huts, burying the dead and growing barley and wheat starch. Herodotus recounts of how the Egyptians used flint for surgery and the opening of human bodies that were to be embalmed before mummification.
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