Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London, Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis · leaf 146
n is successfully used atKarnak in present repairs. But where stones neededto be raised for a pyramid or a pylon, some stag-ing was required. Remains of a massive brick slopestill stand against each face of the unfinished pylons 74 THE STONE-WORKING at Karnak. This, however, is only the general… … which many models have been found in foundationdeposits along with model tools. On tilting this toone end, and putting a wedge beneath it, it could berocked up the slope, and so gradually raised, first toone end and then to the other. For large blocks,the actual lifting was probably done by rocking…
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