[beebuster2000]

i wonder what tools they used? i dont think they had steel, did they?

[Paladin2]

"i wonder what tools they used?"

Good Question.

Palistinians? ;-)

Damascus steel? - nope too early

"Metalsmiths in India and Sri Lanka perhaps as early as 300BCE developed a new technique known as wootz steel that produced a high-carbon steel of unusually high purity.

I suppose they could have used bronze and iron chisels, especially on softer rock. There are also references to building a fire to heat the surface being excavated and then splashing water on the surface to fracture the rock.