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the first door lock was invented over 4000 years ago by the egyptians no one knows who invented the lock the only information we have is that it comes from central Egypt

it comes from ancient Egypt not central Egypt

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The lock originated in the Near East, and the earliest known lock to be operated by a key was the Egyptian lock. Possibly 4,000 years old.

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