There are so many lifts around today that we rarely think about them. However the prevalence of lifts in towns and cities is a relatively modern phenomenon.
The need for cities and towns to expand upwards and the introduction of the disability discrimination act has meant that the use of lifts in modern society has become absolutely essential.
But who actually invented the lift? Incredibly the ancient Egyptians had
their own version of a lift which was depicted in hieroglyphics. They utilised pulley systems which would have been operated by slaves
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