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Men at Work

On the lower panel of this mural in the tomb of Rekhmire, masons prepare bricks and stone blocks, illustrating how building materials could be transported. 

Tomb of Rekhmire (TT100), vizier of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, around 1450 BC. Sheikh Abd el-Qurna/Valley of the Nobles, West Thebes.