Ancient Egyptian Woodworking

The following notes are the result of an investigation undertaken as a bypath from he study of Egyptian shipping, in which questions arose as to the possibilities and probabilities of various constructional details, and the extent of the technical capacity available for the solution of shipbuilding problems. They were prepared in war-time, in England, when it was not possible to examine any actual specimens and are therefore based entirely on published data, descriptions, drawings and photographs. The purpose of the investigation was not concerned with the uses to which the Egyptians put their woodworking ability, or questions of artistic design or decorative or religious intention, but was solely concerned with their methods and means of fabricating wooden articles and structures, together with the associated employment of certain other materials which became integral parts of the structures

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