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Tweezers

Egypt

 

Excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Given to the Museum by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt in 1923

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Tweezers, Egypt

These bronze tweezers were excavated by Flinders Petrie at Qua-el-Kebir in Egypt in 1922–23. They date from the 12th dynasty, and are therefore nearly 4000 years old. Despite their age, they are basically the same instrument as the modern tweezers used in Britain today.

View database record 1923.43.58