Os materiais e as tecnologias do Egipto Antigo

Um dos livros clássicos sobre os materiais e as tecnologias da Antiguidade está disponível online:

A. Lucas, Ancient Egyptian Materials & Industries, 3^rd edition, London, Edward Arnold Ltd, 1959, 570 pp.

A primeira edição data de 1948, mas o livro continua à venda, através da reimpressão da Dover Publications da 4.ª edição, publicada em 1962, actualizada por J. R. Harris.

Índice:

• Adhesives (Albumin : Beeswax : Clay : Glue : Gum : Gypsum : Natron : Resin : Solder : Starch : Salt : Unidentified Adhesives)

• Alcoholic Beverages (Beer and Brewing : Wine and Wine Making : Distilled Spirits) : Sugar

• Animal Products (Bone : Feathers : Gut : Hair : Horn : Ivory : Leather : Mother of Pearl : Ostrich Egg-Shell : Parchment :Tortoise-Shell : Marine And Fresh Water Shells)

• Beads

• Building Materials (Bricks and Brick Making : Stone And Stone Working : Mortar : Plaster : Wood)

• Cosmetics, Perfumes, Incense and Fragrant Woods

• Inlaid Eyes

• Fibres (Basketry : Brushes : Cordage : Matting : Papyrus) : Woven Fabrics (Linen : Wool : Cotton : Silk : Grass And Reed : Hemp : Ramie) : Dyeing

• Glazed Ware (Glazed Steatite : Faience : Faience Variants : Glazed Quartz : Glazed Pottery : Glazing Methods And Media)

• Glass and Glass Manufacture

• Metals And Alloys (Antimony : Copper, Bronze And Brass : Gold And Electrum : Iron : Lead : Platinum : Silver : Tin) : Ores (Mining : Smelting) : Metal Working : Minerals (Alum : Cobalt Compounds : Emery : Graphite : Manganese Compounds : Mica : Natron : Nitre : Salt : Sulphur)

• Mummification

• Oils, Fats and Waxes

• Painting Materials: Writing Materials

• Pottery and Pottery Making

• Stones, Precious and Semi-Precious

• Stones, Other Than Building Stones and Precious Stones: Stone Vessels

• Wood and Wood Working : Bark : Silicified Wood : Charcoal

• Historical Summary

O livro está livremente disponível aqui.