# Shorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with…

> Most likely: Shorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with levering for the top.

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# Shorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with…

Shorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with levering for the top.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Post holes or anchor features at the foot of the pyramid or on the quarry ramps at Giza.

## What would rule it out

- Absence of any post-hole haulage features in excavated Giza contexts of the period.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[A ramp with flanking staircases and post holes, dated to Khufu's reign, hauled alabaster up slopes of 20 per…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNYNP0VHA/a-ramp-with-flanking-staircases-and-post-holes-dated-to)

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[The Hatnub ramp served a quarry, not a pyramid; no equivalent is known at Giza.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNYXG6496/the-hatnub-ramp-served-a-quarry-not-a-pyramid-no-equivalent)

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## The questions it answers

[How were the blocks raised onto the pyramid?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/questions/QST0CSMNV0G4ZBV/how-were-the-blocks-raised-onto-the-pyramid)

Most likelyShorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Shorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with… [Answer ANS0CSMNYDW4D5X]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CSMNYDW4D5X
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