This ancient Egyptian mechanical lock is thought to be one of the oldest designed in history pic.twitter.com/5V24OsIG9h
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Not really seeing how it locks.
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gravity operated pegs, in the correct arrangement.
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it is a little hard to see – I made it full screen – but there are slightly darker wooden pins in the slots above the door. The taper on the bar lifts them up, then they fall into the holes in the bar once it’s in. The toothbrush looking thing is the key of course.
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One thing I didn’t see was any link to anything Egyptian. Easy enough to find online, eg https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsc09b.htm , but I haven’t seen any pics of an actual one from that time period. And maybe Assyria did it first.
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I didn’t either and didn’t have time to verify it this morning
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Nice work!
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Is that a key in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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Thanks, Mobius. I was looking with my phone and the video was too small for me to see the details. The gravity pegs makes sense now that I think about it.
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