Ancient Egypt Granite Bowls

It was a popular game practiced in ancient egypt about 5 000 years ago.

Ancient egypt granite bowls.

However two people played at once one at either end of a 4 meter long lane. Interestingly most of these boxes are made of rose granite an extremely hard rock mined at a quarry located about 800 kilometers from saqqara while other boxes were made from an even harder material diorite found even further away from saqqara. Historians believe that the apis bull was both a deity and manifestation of egyptian pharaohs. One of the best things i ve seen on youtube and very happy to have permission to share with you.

Leonard gorelick and a. The above bowl was found at abu rawash and is made of alabaster which is a relatively soft stone. More than most technical procedures in the ancient world drilling of hard stone such as quartz and granite has evoked awe and puzzlement. Neither wall paintings nor textual information nor excavated.

Filmed in the egyptian museum of antiquities this granite box shows strong evidence for a lost high technology in ancient egypt. These bowls and stone dishes platters are some of the finest ever found and they are from the earliest period of ancient egyptian civilization. How these were made is a mystery diorite vessel. They are made from a variety of materials from soft such as alabaster all the way up the hardness scale to very hard such as granite.

No lost ancient high technology here just ingenuity ski. Ancient egyptians played a game in a large hall that was a cross between bowling and lawn balls.