Experiments in Egyptian Archaeology

Through a series of experiments Denys A. Stocks tests and evaluates over two hundred reconstructed and replica tools. Combining the knowledge of a modern engineer with the approach of an archaeologist and historian, he brings alive the methods and practices of ancient Egyptian craftworking, and highlights the innovations and advances made by this remarkable civilization.

Comprehensively illustrated with over two hundred photographs and drawings, the book presents the fundamentals of ancient Egyptian stoneworking, and shows how the evolution of tools and techniques combined with these fundamentals to produce the wonders of Egyptian art and architecture.