Ancient Egyptian Granite Sawing Technology: reconstruction

The experimentalist Nikolay Vasiutin attempts to cut a piece of granite using ancient Egyptian methods: utilizing a copper saw with an abrasive agent (corundum). The stone cutting experiment was conducted for portal. Granite, a Copper Saw, and Abrasive Material Principles of Loose Abrasive Sawing. Excellent article by Oleg Kruglyakov: Subscribe to our channel: Eager for more experiments? Become a Patron: Specifications: - Copper strip length: 22 cm - Granite piece thickness: 17 mm - Cut Length: 48 cm - Cut Width (max): ~6mm - Total time taken: 3.5 hours - Extracted granite weight: 46g (3012-2966=46) - Granite volume: 17,03 cm3 - Copper material wear: 23 gr. (229-206=23) - Copper volume: cm3 Participants: - Nikolay Vasiutin - Aleksandr Sokolov (editor of ) - Valeriy Senmuth @Валерий Senmuth - Oleg Krugliakov - Yekaterina Shutova - Video Recording and editing: Vladi