Why Egyptians Poured Water on the Sand

A worker keeps dumping water in front of a giant statue being dragged across the desert, and the other men laugh at him for it. What he knew about sand would change how a four-thousand-year-old monument reached its destination. The method was even painted on a governor's tomb wall.

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