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At the beginning of the week, I was reading the works of George Fitzclarence, the 1st Earl of Munster, a man who was recorded his travels to Giza in 1818. In his memoirs, he mentions seeing artwork inside an Old Kingdom mastaba in the Western Cemetery, next to the Great Pyramid, showing oxen being used to pull stone across land. And this made me think: Did the Ancient Egyptians use oxen to haul stone in the Old Kingdom to build the pyramids? For me, the whole idea makes complete sense but is there any evidence to back up the idea? Well, in this video, I take a look. All images are wither my own, taken from the sources listed, from Google Earth and Google Images for educational purposes only. Please Subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you. Sources: Fitzclarence, G, Journal of a route across India, through Egypt, to England, in the latter end of the year 1817, and the beginning of 1818: https://archive.org/details/journalofrouteac00munsrich/mode/1up Müller-Römer, F, Basic eonsiderations on the construetion of pyramids in the Old Kingdom: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/3590/1/Mueller_Roemer-Basic_considerations_2017.pdf Nico Pollone's post on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/449981545805222/posts/2159946321475394/ Arnold, D, Building in Egypt; Pharaonic Stone Masonry: https://saturniancosmology.org/files/pyramids/arnold.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com Live Science Article and Gallery: https://www.livescience.com/28937-giza-pyramid-archaeology.html The mastaba's of Qar and idu: https://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/giza_mastabas/giza_mastabas_2/giza_mastabas_2.pdf Artwork in the Mastaba of Idu: https://www.digital-epigraphy.com/publications/the-mastabas-of-qar-and-idu-g-7101-and-7102-digitally-revised-and-enhanced-edition/plate/plate-xviii-b-idu-north-wall-top-tympanum #pyramidsofegypt #pyramid #greatpyramid