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The Great Pyramid and Transport of Heavy Stone Blocks
The Great Pyramid and Transport of Heavy Stone Blocks

Herodotus in “The Histories” (5th century B.C. ) talks about “… machines formed of short wooden planks” used for pyramid building. [ Editor’s note: read this relevant post about it: The Pyramid Tales ]

Here is author’s interpretation of “machines formed of short wooden planks“: