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The Egyptians mined large blocks of rock by drilling holes in a line in a rock's surface. The holes were filled with wedges of wood. Wetting the wooden wedges caused them to expand, and after a period of time, the rock split along the line of the drilled holes.

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They imported their gold from Nubia.

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