Why Egyptians Poured Water on the Sand

In a desert so hot workers were fainting, he poured their last jug of drinking water onto the sand. 🏜️💧

Two crews were racing to drag a giant stone statue to the Pharaoh's temple. The other crew laughed and kept their water, but their sledge dug into the dry sand, piling it up like a wall. His sledge started to slide. Egyptians really did this; it's even painted on the wall of a 3,900-year-old tomb. A little water glues sand grains together, making the ground firm, so a sledge glides instead of digging in, with about half the pulling.

A short fictional story based on real history and science. Would you have trusted him? Comment below 👇

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