In 1818, an early Egyptologist documented ancient Egyptian artwork showing oxen with collars pulling stone sledges. A similar scene appears in the Tomb of Idu (6th dynasty), and the Stela of Neferet shows three pairs of yolked oxen moving a massive limestone block! 🐂🏛️
1818 account describes oxen pulling stone sledges at Giza
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- George Fitzclarence, 1st Earl of Munster, recorded seeing artwork in an Old Kingdom mastaba in the Western Cemetery at Giza in 1818
- The artwork showed oxen with collars being used to pull stone across land on sledges
- A similar scene exists in the Tomb of Idu (6th dynasty) in Giza's Eastern Field showing two oxen guided by six men pulling a sledge with a stone sarcophagus
- The Stela of Neferet (18th dynasty) shows three pairs of yolked oxen pulling a 5-ton limestone block
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archive.org
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archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
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saturniancosmology.org
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