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Ancient quarry ramp system may have helped workers build Egypt's Great Pyramids

University of Liverpool, 2018. University of Liverpool News.

Press release of 2 November 2018 describing the Hatnub ramp: a central ramp with two staircases, post holes for hauling posts, slopes of 20 per cent or more.

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University of Liverpool (2018). Ancient quarry ramp system may have helped workers build Egypt's Great Pyramids. University of Liverpool News. https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/?p=79973
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