The ancient Egyptians used levers in building the pyramids. Although it is not known exactly how they erected the great obelisks, it's a pretty sure bet that they used levers in some way.

Toward the end of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition examining ancient Egypt's influence on Black artists, ...

Now I mean somebody who might have been a skeptical ... Nobody has ever tried to raise an ancient Egyptian obelisk using the ancient tools, techniques and operations before. And I know that ...

The remains of Heliopolis—including its only remaining obelisk ... Thebes, Egypt’s capital during the Middle and New Kingdoms (ca. 2030–1070 B.C.), is now far better known, ancient Egyptian ...