Long before modern cranes, a 10th century Arab historian claimed Egypt had a different technology. In 947 AD, Abu al-Hasan al-Masudi, known as the Herodotus of the Arabs, wrote that priests placed a metal rod against a stone and used a mystical papyrus to make it vibrate and move.
The account describes no ramps or ropes, only focused sound guiding multi-ton blocks into place. That description has fueled modern fringe theories linking the Was-scepter often seen carried by Anubis to a kind of tuning fork or resonant tool.
Mainstream archaeology attributes pyramid construction to skilled labor, ramps and levers, but the sound levitation story persists, echoing ideas of lost knowledge or help from beyond.
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