Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Museum Directory
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ANCIENT INVENTIONS
Museum Directory
Distaff
Deep Antiquity
Earth-fired Pottery (fragment)
5000 BCE
Sumerian Harp
2500 BCE
Warp-Weighted Loom
7000 BCE
Eyeliner
4000 BCE
Coiled Ceramics
2500 BCE
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Woven Cloth
7000 BCE
String Skirt
6000 BCE
Sumerian Bull Lyre
3200 BCE
Cuneiform Cylinder Seal
3000 BCE
Potter's Wheel
2400 BCE
Trepanation Kit
2000 BCE
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Folding Stool
2000 BCE
Olive Oil Soap
2000 BCE
Toys
1100 BCE
Aztec Calendar Wheels
1000 BCE
Candles
1000 BCE
Tumbler Lock
1000 BCE
Decoding Device
5th Century BCE
Arches
500 BCE
Crossbow
400 BCE
Catapult
400 BCE
Chelys-Lyra
400 BCE
Chaldean Sundial
320 BCE
Lighthouse
300 BCE
Archimedes' Screw
250 BCE
Battery
250 BCE
Sarculum (hoe)
250 BCE
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Compass
220 BCE
Blown Glass
50 BCE
Steam Engine
100 CE
Abacus
Medieval
Ship Shaker
214 BCE
Pompeian House
200 BCE
Roman Forceps
79 CE
Holy Water Dispenser
100 CE
Self-Moving Stand
100 CE
Stained Glass
Medieval
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Frame Harp
400 CE
Roman-Style Fresco
50 CE
Thunder-Making Machine
100 CE
Siege Ladder
537 CE
Keel Breaker
Early 15th Century CE
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Trebuchet
Early 15th Century CE
Bodhran Drum
1500 CE
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Earthen Oven (Mumu)
1700 CE
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