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Author Doherty, S. K., author

Title The origins and use of the potter's wheel in ancient Egypt / S.K. Doherty
Published Oxford : Archaeopress, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Series Archaeopress Egyptology ; 7
Archaeopress Egyptology ; 7.
Summary The invention of the wheel is often highlighted as one of humankinds' most significant inventions. Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be viewed entirely as a human-inspired invention. Machinery too, was relatively rare in the ancient world. The potter's wheel is arguably the most significant machine introduced into Egypt, second only perhaps to the drill, the loom and the bellows for smelting metal. This volume examines this topic
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Audience Specialized
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Subject Pottery, Egyptian.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities
Civilization
Pottery, Egyptian
SUBJECT Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041266
Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
Subject Egypt
Form Electronic book
Author Archaeopress, publisher.
ISBN 1784910619
9781784910617