Long Misidentified, Object in Museum Is Oldest Drilling Tool Found Yet in Egypt

A small metal object excavated almost 100 years ago has been identified as the oldest known drilling tool yet found in Egypt. The news was reported by Archeology Today.The artifact came from a predynastic cemetery at the archeological site of Badari in Upper Egypt and dates to the late 4th millennium BCE. Part of the grave goods of an adult male, it is made of copper alloy and measures only about two and a half inches.A 1924 catalog entry at Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, wher