A unique sycamore sickle with a flint blade
A sycamore- hoe with a flint blade
Cairo Museum, Man in Egypt had known farming and agriculture since prehistoric eras.
Cairo Museum unique collection of pre-historic Egypt artifacts contains almost complete sets of farmer's equipments and tools. The pre-historic, the pre-dynastic and the archaic history of Egypt are reach with varieties of farmers belongings include baskets, jars, mats, wooden-hoes and sickles.
Doubtless the river Nile had a great influence on life of ancient Egyptian farmers and their settlement, the inundation flood which helped in spreading the silt and the water equally were the best motivation to create their agricultural settlements. Cairo museum displays a unique sycamore sickle with a flint blade; the blade was attached to sickle with a kind an adhesive material. Also a sycamore- hoe with a flint blade, both date back to the pre-dynastic end and the start of the archaic which is around 3200-3000 B.C.Copyrig ©Musegypt.
