How the Egyptians sawed granite: ancient high technology

Опубликовано: 17 Июнь 2017
на канале: АНТРОПОГЕНЕЗ.РУ

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How did the ancients cut stone?
The experimentalist Nikolay Vasiutin saws granite using the ancient high technology: a copper saw and a grinding agent (corundum). The experiment was carried out for the ANTROPOGENEZ.RU

The video was first presented on June the 10th, 2017, at the "Scientists against Myths-4" educational forum. (http://antropogenez.ru/forum4-itogi/)

Specifications:
copper web length: 22mm;
granite block thickness: 17mm;
sawcut length: 48cm;
maximum sawcut width: approximately 6mm;
total work time: 3,5 hours;
granite removal: 46g (3012-2966=46), 17,03cm3 ;
copper runout: 23g (229-206=23), 2,58cm3.

Experiment participants:
Nikolay Vasiutin, experimentalist;
Aleksandr Sokolov, ANTROPOGENEZ.RU editor;
Oleg Kruglyakov, the owner of the "Things the ancients could" forum (http://rekhmire.ru);
Valeriy Senmuth (http://senmuth.com);
Yekaterina Shutova.

Camera and edit: Vladimir Morozov (http://Spezinform.ru).
Production: SPEZINFORM.RU & ANTROPOGENEZ.RU
Music: Valeriy Senmuth
Translation: Maria Shatulina

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