A papyri is displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during an exhibition
of King Khufu's papyris, on July 14, 2016 (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Raai)
In the upper right, it says Eat at Sal’s Pizza Palace. ;-)
2 posted on
07/14/2016 3:36:36 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Mission:Semper Fi)
To: NormsRevenge
Revenue was written in red, while what was paid to workers would be written in blackBut nowadays it's revenues black, expenses red.
Dang. We've had it wrong all these millenia.
5 posted on
07/14/2016 4:11:13 PM PDT by
MUDDOG
To: NormsRevenge
Translation:
“be sure to drink yor khufu-tine”
CC
7 posted on
07/14/2016 4:27:20 PM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: NormsRevenge
any find that helps explain how the pyramids were built and the numbers of those involved is pretty darn cool
8 posted on
07/14/2016 5:03:47 PM PDT by
blueplum
(March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
To: NormsRevenge
The find by a French-Egyptian team unearths papers telling of the daily lives of port workers who transported huge limestone blocks to Cairo during King Khufu's rule to build repair the Great Pyramid, intended to be his burial structure.
10 posted on
07/15/2016 4:49:14 AM PDT by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: NormsRevenge
I guess the part about the flying saucers is missing.
13 posted on
01/13/2019 1:58:16 AM PST by
Fresh Wind
(Fox News: "We distort, you deride")
To: NormsRevenge
IOW, Tax records............................
Thousands and thousands of small clay tablets can be found strewn all over the Levant, even along the sides of roads, but archaeologists did not know what they were until they had deciphered the cuneiform writings.
Tax records.........................
14 posted on
01/14/2019 6:22:52 AM PST by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: NormsRevenge
. . . feed pyramid builders and pay their wagesCommon belief is they were slaves. Or are we talking supervisors here?
15 posted on
01/15/2019 8:38:26 AM PST by
Andyman
(The truth shall make you FReep.)
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