Consider the carnage produced by the popular gladiatorial and animal blood-bath games. At Rome’s Colosseum, a system of ropes and pulleys could lift as many as 100 animals (such as leopards, lions, ...

When a rope, cable or belt runs along the groove, objects can be moved and lifted with far less effort. It’s easier when two people share the lifting of heavy objects and pulleys work in the ...

The pair have been trapped since Saturday after the rope and pulley system they were using to move up and down the shaft ...