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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Actually I was listening to a podcast that explains this. They didn't have levers yet. They did have other devices but no lever.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

you can't just not have levers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It was before levers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Lol of course you can. They were invented at one point. And before that point... You didn't have them. I recommend: Let's Learn Everything episode 49: Goosebumps, (Not) Alien Pyramids, and Nessie & Cryptids.

Podcast webpage: https://www.LetsLearnEverythingPod.com

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don't believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

But the length of the stick is what’s required for the lever, unless they used some kind of gearbox.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But others have levers