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[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (16 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza[a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c. 2600 BC,[3] over a period of about 27 years,[4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_technology

The wheel

Evidence indicates that Egyptians made use of potter's wheels in the manufacturing of pottery from as early as the 4th Dynasty (c. 2613 to 2494 BC).[98] Lathes are known from at least 1300 BC,[99] but Flinders Petrie claimed that they had been used as early as the 4th Dynasty, based on tool marks found on stone bowls from that period.

I don't know if they used it for transport then, but they had the wheel at about that point in time.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Yea because wheels suck on sand.

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