![]() Other boats carrying grain, lumber and livestock sail around the east end of the wall to unload their cargoes in the town there, but Merrer's barges aren't going that far. In the distance he can see the floodwaters lapping against a massive limestone wall. The fleet of barges and the 50 men under his command are in experienced hands. Merrer has sailed the open seas before, however. And the river seems as vast as an ocean when it rises over its banks. But the heavy cargo of gleaming white limestone, which will form the outer layer of the monument, makes the crafts difficult to maneuver. The journey from the quarry in Tura southeast of the port at Giza is just eight miles. ![]() To a worker named Merrer, the deluge means it is time to bring stone to the site of Pharaoh Khufu's pyramid. ![]() Late summer in Egypt, around 2525 B.C., and the Nile is flooding.
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