The experimentalist Nikolay Vasiutin copies the ancient Egyptian technology: carves an image on a granite surface with a flint cutter.

Work duration: 7 hours.

Tools/materials:
flint
sandstone (grinding)
copper tube + abrasive (drilling the pupil)

The participants:
Nikolay Vasyutin
Alexander Sokolov
Oleg Kruglyakov
Vitaliy Krauss

Camera and edit: Vitaliy Krauss ‪@ScienceVideoLab‬, Ksenya Ablez
Music: ‪@Senmuth‬
English translation: Maria Shatulina
English voiceover: Dmitry Oliferovich
Spanish subtitles: Luca

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How did the ancients cut stone?
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The premiere of the video was held at the Forum "Scientists Against Myths7" on October the 21th, 2017 in Moscow.
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