Ancient drill discovery upends timeline of Egyptian technology, fuels pyramid tool debate A museum artifact, previously misidentified as a simple awl, has been re-analyzed and identified as a 5,300-year-old bow drill. Microscopic examination revealed wear patterns and surviving leather coils, proving it was a mechanical, rotary tool from the predynastic Naqada period. This discovery pushes back the proven use of sophisticated mechanical drilling in Egypt by nearly two millennia. It provides a technological precedent for advanced stoneworking long before the pyramids were built, suggesting a continuous and advanced engineering lineage. The tool lends credibility to long-standing archaeological puzzles, such as…
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