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The Earliest Locks

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Although they are quite ubiquitous today and are used to secure everything from homes to cars to businesses, locks have not been in existence for the entirety of human history. The oldest known lock was only created around four thousand years ago in Egypt, but that lock didn't have a key associated with it. The earliest key-based lock was likely made around 700 BC in the Assyrian Empire which was located in what is today the country of Iraq. The locks that a Cypress TX emergency locksmith will deal with today are amazingly more advanced than those early locks but the devices serve the same purpose in keeping things safe.