Ancient Egypt: research notes

What does the evidence say?

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  A smooth surface does not identify its maker’s tool

  At 47:50 in UnchartedX

  Sources: Rivista del Museo Egizio ↗ (external site); Penn Museum ↗ (external site)

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  The couch’s radius is not an error tolerance

  At 1:05:38 in UnchartedX

  Sources: Christopher Dunn / Giza Power ↗ (external site); Rivista del Museo Egizio ↗ (external site)

• Background

  What remains inside an ancient drill hole

  At 1:10:52 in UnchartedX

  Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗ (external site)

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  A foundation claim does not settle every structural question

  At 7:10 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: STRUCTURE magazine ↗ (external site)

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  Flaking and fractures call for different measurements

  At 15:35 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Heritage Science ↗ (external site)

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  A damage map needs visible classification rules

  At 18:30 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut ↗ (external site)

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  Thermal movement is a mechanism hypothesis, not a repair date

  At 21:50 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: STRUCTURE magazine / Amun-Ra Egyptology reproduction ↗ (external site)

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  Dates on blocks need their archaeological context

  At 25:50 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Institut français d’archéologie orientale ↗ (external site)

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  A pyramid belonged to a wider working and ritual landscape

  At 36:30 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut ↗ (external site); Deutsches Archäologisches Institut ↗ (external site)

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  Choose a dating method for the event being tested

  At 38:40 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth ↗ (external site)

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  An ancient account is not automatically a measured survey

  At 4:00 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Loeb Classical Library / LacusCurtius ↗ (external site)

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  Check whether a number describes a side or a circuit

  At 4:55 in History for GRANITE

  Sources: Loeb Classical Library / LacusCurtius ↗ (external site); Bostock and Riley / public-domain digital edition ↗ (external site)