logistics,the movement of people and materials has a history going back over thousands of years. The pyramids were built around 2700 B.c and used material handling technology in their construction. Blocks of stone weighing many tons were transported long distances and assembled at the construction site at Giza in Egypt. To build the great Pyramid of Giza,which is 146 meters high and weighs 6 million tons, the Egyptians needed sophisticated material transport equipment capable of moving the massive building blocks and putting them into place. Even today, we still cannot fully explain how this level of precision. was achieved using the simple hoisting equipment and means of transport available nearly 3000 years ago.