• tal@lemmy.today
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza[a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c. 2600 BC,[3] over a period of about 27 years,[4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_technology

    The wheel

    Evidence indicates that Egyptians made use of potter’s wheels in the manufacturing of pottery from as early as the 4th Dynasty (c. 2613 to 2494 BC).[98] Lathes are known from at least 1300 BC,[99] but Flinders Petrie claimed that they had been used as early as the 4th Dynasty, based on tool marks found on stone bowls from that period.

    I don’t know if they used it for transport then, but they had the wheel at about that point in time.

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      They did not need it for transport. They had camels. Much more useful in a sandy desert.

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        Camels were not introduced to Egypt until the Persians invaded in 525 BCE.

        They dragged things on sledges with someone wetting the sand in front of them.

        We have no doubt about that.