Some parts of Stageira's long south wall were built using the "Egyptian" or "Egyptian-like" technique, using courses of large flat stones alternated by large blocks in-filled with smaller flat stones (see also gallery page 9). The name of this construction method stems from the belief that the ancient Greeks learned how to build in stone from the Egyptians. However, it seems likely that the Greeks, who began using this technique in Archaic times, developed it themselves.

One of the standard references on Greek building methods is Greek Walls by the American art historian R. L. Scranton, whose work was later amended and expanded by Frederick Winter. [1] Scranton and Winter attempted to categorize the various masonry techniques used by the Greeks, using terms such as ashlar, trapezoidal, polygonal, curvilinear and Lesbian.