Jewelry and metal workshop, from a rare record of frescoes…

Jewelry and metal workshop, from a rare record of frescoes from Thebes, recorded 1819 on his second visit to Egypt by Frédéric Cailliaud (1787-1869).

Top left shows men smelting metal. Top right shows molten metal being poured in to molds. Bottom left shows men blowing on fire for heat. Bottom right shows threading of beads on to papyrus fibers to create collars worn on special occasions. Holes are created in the beads for threading through the use of a bow drill. A bow drill was made with reed and string pulled back and forth to drill a hole with a sharp flint into the glass bead blowing on to coals, bottom. Note use of canes to hold over fire.