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re: Different story about ancient egypt
Posted on 6/1/14 at 5:49 pm to Tiger1242
Posted on 6/1/14 at 5:49 pm to Tiger1242
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Though to be fair, they were treated as basically indentured servants while they were working, and many of them died/were injured in the process. They may not have relied on "slaves", but the pyramids were getting built one way or another
This.
Egyptian Antiquities authorities like to put out the happy feel good line that the workers were skilled artisans working voluntarily, but the reality is that slavery - in some form or another - was pervasive abd normal in tge ancient wotkd and Pharaoh got what Pharaoh wanted.
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Posted on 6/1/14 at 6:57 pm to PowerTool
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Egyptian Antiquities authorities like to put out the happy feel good line that the workers were skilled artisans working voluntarily, but the reality is that slavery - in some form or another - was pervasive abd normal in tge ancient wotkd and Pharaoh got what Pharaoh wanted.
Yea I mean when your choices are volunteer to get tax breaks or be forced into slavery, you're gonna volunteer
I don't think anyone was lining up to build the Pharaoh a pyramid because they cared about him and wanted him to be happy
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