Amazing engineering thousands of years old

[Howard Rosenberg]

I found this the other day and was impressed by both its state of preservation and engineering -

https://goo.gl/1EpHy8 (this is ok to click on - it's google's own shortening link)

Howard

[Mark Gibney]

What an interesting piece of work. Thanks.

I was a bit bummed when the article finished with this -

Researchers say the toe was made with some kind of hardwood, of which they have narrowed down to two specimens.

Why not tell us the two possible specimens? Did they run out of ink?

[scott vroom]

A little research revealed Egyptians imported ebony from Africa and huge amounts of cedar from Lebanon. They also used acacia, sycamore, pine, and juniper.