stackyFACTSHow do you transport massive, multi-ton stone blocks across a desert without rolling objects? You place the cargo on flat wooden runners and continuously pour water on the sand directly in front of it, turning the dry earth into a slick, muddy sliding track for brute-force dragging.
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