Transcription: While the pyramid site was being prepared, men were cutting limestone at the quarry. The purest rock was inside the cliff, so a tunnel was cut into the rock to begin the quarry. To cut out a block of stone, workers first chipped slots into the rock. Wooden wedges were hammered into the slots. The wedges were then soaked with water. The water made the wedges expand and split the rock. The quarrymen used levers and ropes to move a rock onto a sled on wooden rollers. Some men pulled the sled with ropes. Others used levers to help move the sled. As it moved, the rollers from the back were moved to ...
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