I thought biscuit joints were new

[Bill Dufour]

I always thought biscut joints were new. Like under 50 years old or so. I had no idea they were being used in 200 BC-500 AD Egypt.
Bill D.
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/sdh/article/view/23340/32547#content/figure_reference_9

[John Kananis]

The Egyptians did some really cool stuff with wood. Plywood for instance.

[Edward Weber]

There is nothing new in joinery, only rediscovered and repackaged.

[Mark W Pugh]

There is nothing new in joinery, only rediscovered and repackaged.

And more expensive!

[Bill Dufour]

I bet they did not have 30 amp outlets in their shops either.
Bill D

[Warren Lake]

I think they found a kreg jig in one of the coffins. Would help if I could remember what those things are called.

[Bill Dufour]

sarcophagus?

[Bill Dufour]

Ten to fifteen years ago we were tat a museum in Chicago with lots of mummys. Including young preteeens unwrapped. The skin was very black and shriveled up. A little blonde girl(8) told her mom they should use sunscreen.
I guess ancient Egypt did not have sunscreen.
Bill D

[Kevin Jenness]

The referenced article doesn't actually say that biscuit shaped spline tenons were used in ancient Egypt. It shows a picture of various types of mortise and tenon joints including biscuits and says "several of the joint types illustrated above were employed in a wide range of uses". I didn't see any examples of biscuit shaped splines in any of the other illustrations, and it seems unlikely that they would have been used given the tools in use at the time.