Transcription: Stone Worker. Egyptians made vases, bowls, statues, and beads out of stone. The stone work done by the Egyptians shows that they were highly skilled. To make a vase, a stone worker first chose a block of stone. He shaped the outside of the vase by chipping the rock with a hammer. Then he used a drill to hollow out the inside of the vase. The drill had a piece of hard rock shaped like a half circle on one end. The rock on the end of the drill ground sand into the vase so that the inside of the vase was slowly scratched away. Once the vase was shaped, it was polished by rubbing it with another s ...
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