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A tiny cow bone whistle may have been used by ancient Egyptian 'police'

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,300-year-old whistle made from a cow's toe bone, believed to have been used by police to guard royal tomb workers. The artifact was found in the ruins of ...
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Egyptian researchers unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved from a toe. They think the mysterious object was used to warn of grave robbers.

In the quiet heart of Middle Egypt, a whisper from the past just resurfaced. Archaeologists excavated a small, hollow whistle carved from a juvenile cow’s toe bone, its edges smoothed by human hands ...
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3,300 year-old Egyptian bone whistle discovered at 18th Dynasty city of Akhenaten

A recent study by Michelle Langley, Anna Stevens, and Christopher Stimpson, which was conducted as part of the Amarna Project through the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of ...
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This Drilled Cow Bone May Have Been an Ancient Egyptian Cop’s Whistle

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer didn’t use the whistle to direct traffic, though. He was guarding a royal ...