# Arnold 1991: Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry

> Dieter Arnold, 1991. 12 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the techniques and for the physical evidence of ramps.

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# Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry

Dieter Arnold, 1991. _Oxford University Press_.

The standard account of Egyptian stone construction: quarrying with copper tools and dolerite pounders, transport on sledges, ramps, levers and the surviving ramp remains at other pyramids.

**How the Great Pyramid was built** Bookdoi: **[10.1093/oso/9780195063509.001.0001](https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195063509.001.0001)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the techniques and for the physical evidence of ramps.

## Cited by on this site 12 records

[A ramp wound round the faces on the unfinished steps or on brick supports.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/answers/ANS0CSMNX6T69NG/a-ramp-wound-round-the-faces-on-the-unfinished-steps-or-on)

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[A single straight ramp from the quarry side, lengthened and raised as the pyramid grew.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/answers/ANS0CSMNW7J2D3B/a-single-straight-ramp-from-the-quarry-side-lengthened-and)

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[Stone was hauled overland on sledges for most of the route.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/answers/ANS0CSMP50T15FP/stone-was-hauled-overland-on-sledges-for-most-of-the-route)

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[Quarry marks of work gangs naming Khufu in the relieving chambers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/artifacts/ART0CSMP8E602WD/quarry-marks-of-work-gangs-naming-khufu-in-the-relieving)

ART

[A spiral ramp hides the corners that surveyors needed to keep the faces true.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNXPE6SMV/a-spiral-ramp-hides-the-corners-that-surveyors-needed-to)

Evidence

EVD

[No ramp remains have been found at the Great Pyramid.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNWZ075NQ/no-ramp-remains-have-been-found-at-the-great-pyramid)

Evidence

EVD

[Sledges and haul roads are attested for the last stretch from quay to site, not for the long haul.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP58M5VJ2/sledges-and-haul-roads-are-attested-for-the-last-stretch)

Evidence

EVD

[Straight ramp remains survive at Meidum and Sinki.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNWQ60PW1/straight-ramp-remains-survive-at-meidum-and-sinki)

Evidence

EVD

[The core quarry lies 300 m south of the pyramid, on the line a straight ramp would take.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNWFC353M/the-core-quarry-lies-300-m-south-of-the-pyramid-on-the-line)

Evidence

EVD

[Wrap-around ramp traces exist at some Old and Middle Kingdom pyramids.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNXEM3351/wrap-around-ramp-traces-exist-at-some-old-and-middle-kingdom)

Evidence

EVD

[How the Great Pyramid was built](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid)

The mystery article

MYS

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

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## Cite it

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Arnold, D. (1991). Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195063509.001.0001
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