Ancient Egypt has a long history, it is one of the four ancient civilizations, but also left many historical and cultural relics, all of which tell the culture and history of ancient Egypt. It is worth mentioning that in the Delta of the Nile River in Egypt, archaeologists have found a large number of ancient ruins, unearthed a tunnel knife more than 6,000 years ago, and it looks like Sanxingdui Yuzhang, what is the connection between them? If you also want to know, the following xiaobian will reveal the secret:
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Egypt's delta is an alluvial plain with an area of 24,000 square kilometers. Since the 18th century, Western archaeologists have been committed to the study of the Egyptian Delta, during which time a large number of cultural sites from the primitive period have been found, as well as tombs from different periods, such as the famous Kurgan site, which spans three eras of ancient Egypt and clears more than 110 ancient tombs, the earliest of which is more than 8,000 years ago, that is, the buto culture period of ancient Egypt.
Among the many tombs, experts have also found many remains, including a baby who died prematurely and was buried in a clay pot, revealing a new burial custom in ancient Egypt. In addition, experts have also unearthed a large number of faience glazed pottery, stone tools and jade, etc., so that people have a deeper understanding of the primitive culture of ancient Egypt. It is worth mentioning that archaeologists also found a unique tunnel knife when cleaning a larger tomb.
This tomb is an earthen pit, about 3.9 meters long and about 1.6 meters wide, which is obviously larger in form than other tombs of the same period, and the burial items are relatively rich, so experts speculate that the identity of the owner of the tomb is not ordinary, perhaps the king who held power at that time. At the bottom of the tomb, experts found a stone tool that had never been unearthed, it was about 28 centimeters long and about 6 centimeters wide, the overall shape looked like a knife made of stone, and the blade was also very sharp, but it was puzzling that the stone knife did not show any traces of being used.
In addition, the blade of this stone is not pointed, but concave and curved, for a time local experts also know what to do, until the discovery of the Sanxingdui site later, unearthed a large number of jade and ceremonial tools, one of which attracted the attention of experts. At that time, the delta sites and sanxingdui sites in ancient Egypt were all eye-catching archaeological discoveries, so experts accidentally found that the stone knives excavated from the delta sites were similar to the sanxingdui jade zhang, and the latter was the sacrificial ceremonial vessel of the ancient Shu state at that time, so experts speculated that the former may also be a ceremonial vessel.
Some experts even said that the age of Sanxingdui Yuzhang is later than the stone knife excavated at the Delta site, which may be the result of cultural exchanges and dissemination, indicating that the Sanxingdui culture may come from the ancient Egyptian culture, but whether this is true still needs to continue to study in depth, at least to find out the past and present life of this stone knife. Ancient Egyptian archaeologists have identified the stone knife as dating back about 6,000 years and made of hard mineral tunnels.
Tunnels are the main stone materials for the tools of the ancients in primitive society, they are not only hard in texture, but also can form neat incisions after crushing, sometimes only simple processing, or even no processing, can also get a relatively sharp edge. Stone knives made of such tunnels can not only easily cut the skin and flesh of prey, but are sometimes used as sickles for harvesting crops, or as weapons of war, tied to wooden sticks to assassinate the enemy. It is worth mentioning that the tunnel also has a characteristic, that is, two tunnels collide with each other, or when the tunnel and the iron collide, a spark will be generated, so the tunnel also became a kind of fire stone later, known as "flint stone", so some archaeologists also speculated that the ancient Egyptian ancestors also used tunnel stone for fire.
In the subsequent excavation process of the ancient Egyptian Delta site, experts have not unearthed more similar tunnel knives, so its true role can only be speculated. First of all, it is most likely that the ritual vessels of sacrifice also symbolize power and identity, just like the jade zhang excavated from the Sanxingdui site. Secondly, it is an ordinary knife that has not yet had time to be used, and it is used for burial when the owner of the tomb dies. Finally, it may also be a tool for making fire, and it is also buried before it can be used. All in all, the role of the tunnel knife has become an unsolved mystery.
Nowadays, the excavation of the ancient Egyptian delta site is still continuing, and I hope that experts will unearth more funerary items in the near future to solve the mystery of the tunnel knife for us. By then, there may be new mysteries emerging, but in any case it will be a major advance in the archaeological study of ancient Egypt.
Resources:
"History of Ancient Egypt" by George Rawlinson, Publisher: China Pictorial Press
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's