This is a carved relief offering scene. It is from Tell Hisn (Heliopolis). This is a fragment from the bottom right hand corner of a tablet or stela. It shows…

This is part of a temple column. It is from Memphis, probably from the Temple of Ptah. This is a fragment of a large stone column, probably part of the…

This is a stone hand, part of a statue. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Considering how hard and dense it was to work with, it…

This is a plumb line or seqet amulet. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. A plumb line is a line or cord with a weight at…

This is a set square, or kheses, amulet.

This is a chisel. It is from Ghurab. Chisels were held in the hand and struck with a wooden mallet. Different chisels had different functions, such as wood or stone…

This is a vase grinder. It is from Memphis. Stone workerrs used vase grinders in different shapes and sizes to bore out the inside of stone jars. They started by…

This is a hammerstone. It is from Giza. Stoneworkers and metalworkers used hammerstones to shape stone or metal. Hammerstones were usually a round ball of quartzite or other hard stone,…

This is a polisher. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Stonemasons used a stone polisher to finish off the surfaces of carved stone, whether a building…

This is a wood cramp. It is from Saqqara. Stoneworkers used wooden cramps to hold stone blocks together. The cramp fitted into triangular holes cut in the top surface of…