Engineering an Empire: Egypt - Erecting an Egyptian Obelisk (0:41)
In this video clip from Engineering an Empire we see how the Egyptians constructed an obelisk. In this process they set the granite base, build mud brick walls around it, fill the inside with stand, and constructed mud ramps leading to the center.
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