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[โ€“] Zerush@lemmy.ml 64 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Egipcian: ๐“‰”๐“…ฑ๐“ƒญ๐“‚ง๐“๐“…“๐“‡Œ๐“๐“ƒ€๐“…‚๐“…‚๐“‚‹ (Hold my beer)

[โ€“] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Smart people save a lot of work, in any era and civilization. Another example of ingenuity to transport of objects of many tons with only a handful of people.

https://tube.kuylar.dev/watch?v=yvvES47OdmY

or only one person to move it

https://tube.kuylar.dev/watch?v=E5pZ7uR6v8c

Everybody has a Brain, but only few use it

[โ€“] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Holly shot! Reminds me of a recirculating linear bearing, not what they were testing and not what they're suggesting the Egyptians did but neat parallel.