Hacker News with Generative AI: Ancient Egypt

Tutankhamun's Meteoric Iron Dagger (wikipedia.org)
Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger, also known as Tutankhamun's iron dagger and King Tut's dagger, is an iron-bladed dagger from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1334–1325 BC). As the blade composition and homogeneity closely correlate with meteorite composition and homogeneity, the material for the blade is determined to have originated by way of a meteoritic landing. The dagger is currently displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The Meter, Golden Ratio, Pyramids, and Cubits, Oh My (iforgeiron.com)
One of our readers, John Frewen-Lord, speculates that the metre may be the modern version of a measure that was familiar to the Pharaohs.
Excavated: 52 Egyptian Mummies. Over a Dozen Had Mysterious Golden Tongues (popularmechanics.com)
Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets.
An astronomical view of Ancient Egyptian star clocks (2021) (arcgis.com)
Egyptian Fractions (2023) (surrey.ac.uk)
The ancient Egyptians only used fractions of the form 1/n so any other fraction had to be represented as a sum of such unit fractions and, furthermore, all the unit fractions were different!
Archaeologists found an ancient Egyptian observatory (arstechnica.com)
A few years ago, Egyptian archaeologists discovered what they thought were the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple dating back to the sixth century BCE. Subsequent finds at the site indicate that the structure was actually an astronomical observatory, deemed the first and largest such structure yet found, according to Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Was Egypt's first pyramid built with hydraulics? The theory may hold water (sciencenews.org)
Study suggests Egyptians used hydraulic lifts to build Pyramid of Djoser (arstechnica.com)
Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (nature.com)
A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations (smithsonianmag.com)
Show HN: The Tomb of Nefertari [QV 66] Guided Virtual Tour (mused.com)
Policing the Chôra: Law Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt (2005) [pdf] (u.arizona.edu)
Archaeologists Found an 'Anomaly' Near the Pyramids – May Reveal Ancient Portal (popularmechanics.com)
Ancient Egyptian Stone-Drilling (1983) (penn.museum)