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Description: | Photograph of Drill, Hearth, Drill-bow, and Hand-piece, found by Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie at Kahun, Egypt, XIIth Dynasty, 3400-3259 B.C. (see his "Civilization of the XIIth Dynasty", p. 29); the fire-drill represented, being some five thousand years old, is probably the most ancient fire-making appliance of wood known to exist. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1937-682/74 | Go to resource |
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