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Stone sarcophagus manufacture in ancient Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Denys A. Stocks
Denys A. Stocks*
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Department of Art History & Archaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England
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Abstract

Experimental work on the techniques for making stone sarcophagi demonstrate how a variety of tools, material and drilling methods were employed in ancient Egypt

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Egyptstonesarcophagidrillsawmetaltools

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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 282 , December 1999, pp. 918 - 922
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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