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The most common theory and probably the most valid is that they used a ramp whether they used a straight ramp or a spiralling ramp is not clear. The ramp was made from rubble, waste material from quarrying, mixed with Tafla clay to make a smooth surface. The block itself was loaded onto a sledge and dragged slowly up the ramp by a gang of about 20 slaves. Water or oil was poured under the runners of the sledge to reduce friction.

Ancient Assyrian relief carvings at the site of ancient Nineveh show slaves hauling a large statue of a man headed bull on a sledge. These reliefs are much more recent than the pyramids (c.700BC) so it quite possible that the Assyrians learnt this method of transporting large objects off the Egyptians.

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