Tag: Industry in ancient Egypt

The industry in ancient Egypt. The industry in ancient Egypt is as old as its civilization, It dates back seven thousand years. The ancient Egyptians were among the first peoples to make glass from desert sand, Archaeologists have uncovered for the first time the remains of a Bronze Age glass factory, where skilled artisans made glass from its raw materials. Surprisingly, this factory, which was bustling around 1250 B.C., is in Egypt rather than Mesopotamia, which is generally thought to be where the glass was first made. Pottery industries The industry in ancient Egypt was very important, They made pottery pots, where they engraved drawings and beautiful scenes, Ancient Egyptian pottery includes all objects of fired clay. Ceramics served as household wares for the storage, preparation, transport, and consumption of food, drink, and raw materials. Such items include beer and wine mugs and water jugs. Also, bread molds, fire pits, lamps, and stands for holding round vessels, were all commonly used in the Egyptian household. Other types of pottery served religious purposes, Specialists in ancient Egyptian pottery draw a fundamental distinction between ceramics made of Nile clay. Egyptian tomb paintings often show the preparation of the clay, and there are also models which provide some other details. Clear archaeological remains of pottery workshops, however, are rare, and it is possible that they were very ephemeral structures. Stone industry. It is the oldest industry made by the ancient Egyptians, who made stones the weapon that they used in hunting, tools, and vessels. The ancient Egyptian civilization was undoubted ‘the gift of the Nile’ in that it grew up in an environment of otherwise extreme aridity, its most remarkable monuments were unquestionably a gift of the sea. The sandstone that characterizes the monuments of Upper Egypt and the limestone that characterizes those of