Prehistoric Machined Artifact

© 2006 Christopher Dunn

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Exhibit 1.
Pavement

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 2. This saw cut ends within the joint to
the adjacent block, proving that is was sawn before installation.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 3. Close up of saw cut.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 4. Saw marks on side of pavement stones.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 5. More saw marks on pavement with
appearance of being cut with circular saw.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 6. Distinct saw cuts with clearly defined
steps.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 7. Front view of Exhibit 6.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 8. Close up of Exhibit 6.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 9. Large radius saw cut.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 10. Close up of Exhibit 9 revealing feed
lines of the tool.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 11. Apparent -V- shaped notches cut into
basalt.

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 12. Parallel striations on relative smooth
surface of basalt. Close-up taken with macro lens

Material ~ Basalt.

Location ~ East of the Great Pyramid.

Exhibit 13. Contoured block on the Giza Plateau

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South corner and 100 yards east of Khafre’s pyramid.

Exhibit 14. End view of Exhibit 9 with overlaying
circles

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South corner and 100 yards east of Khafre’s pyramid.

Exhibit 15. Front view of Exhibit 9.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South corner and 100 yards east of Khafre’s pyramid.

Exhibit 16. Precision straight
edge on the crown of true radius.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South corner and 100 yards east of Khafre’s pyramid.

Exhibit 17. Using forming wax to
check the consistency of the corner radius (see
Advanced Machining in Ancient
Egypt
for further discussion).

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South corner and 100 yards east of Khafre’s pyramid.

Exhibit 18. Contoured block of
granite near Valley
Temple.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South side outside the Valley Temple.

Exhibit 19. End view of Exhibit 18.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South side outside the Valley Temple.

Exhibit 20. Precision straight
edge on the crown of true radius.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South side outside the Valley Temple.

Exhibit 21. Front view of Exhibit 18.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ South side outside the Valley Temple.

Exhibit 22. Wall inside the Valley Temple.

Material ~
Diorite.

Location ~ East wall inside the Valley Temple.

Exhibit 23. Core drilled hole.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ West lintel in South East hall inside the Valley Temple.

Exhibit 24. Core broken out of drilled hole.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ University College London, the PetrieMuseum. Discovered at Giza by William Flinders Petrie – 1881.

Exhibit 25. Saw marks.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ Abu Rawash.

Exhibit 26. Box carved from solid piece 7-1/2 ft. wide
9 ft. high 13-½ ft. long .

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ Rock tunnels of the Serapeum
at Saqqarra.

Exhibit 27. Inspecting the inside
of another box at the Serapeum using precision
toolmakers instruments.

Material ~ Aswan
pink granite.

Location ~ Rock tunnels of the Serapeum
at Saqqarra.

 

For additional information regarding the boxes in the Serapeum click here.