# University of Liverpool 2018: Ancient quarry ramp system may have helped workers build Egypt's Great Pyramids

> University of Liverpool, 2018. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the plain-language description of the ramp.

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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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Cited for the plain-language description of the ramp.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[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)

Evidence

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[The Hatnub ramp with staircases and post holes is announced](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/events/EVT0CSMNT18148K/the-hatnub-ramp-with-staircases-and-post-holes-is-announced)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

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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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[Read it free at news.liverpool.ac.uk](https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/?p=79973)

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