: See also: ) Cranes (geranos) Archaeologists assume that cranes were used in Greece since 900 BC (although there is no direct proof). After a of a 2.3 ton and 2900 years old sarcophagus in Corinth an archaeologist (Guy Sanders) said: "To lower the sarcophagus into place in a controlled movement ... requires some kind of temporary superstructure over the grounds so they can control the vertical movement of the stone”.
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