“the vibrations are damped by the wheel itself like the intelligent suspensions in modern cars”
Awww ... the Egyptians got *LUCKY* people!!
Remember! That was the same culture that thought poopoo was a magical medicinal elixir!
Herodotus’ modern translators had a good laugh about the Egyptians’ use of crocodile dung for eye ailments — turns out the ancient E’s had by accident found a naturally occurring antibiotic. Maybe that’s what you meant.