To: snarks_when_bored
A stupendous supply of rocks, ropes, boards, slaves and single-mindedness can work wonders...The pyramids were not built by slaves. They were built by farmers in the off-season.
To: Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
The pyramids were not built by slaves. They were built by farmers in the off-season.
No, they were not. They were built by early illegal Mexican "immigrants", in order to hold down labor costs!! By doing this, Khufu was able to complete the project with labor costs being 17% lower than similar costs incurred in the construction of the Tower of Babel. It is a little known fact that the ancient Egyptians and ancient Babylonians were very competitve with each other. The Babylonians were very upset at having been "one-upped"!!
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17 posted on
02/19/2006 7:43:18 PM PST by
Zetman
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To: Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
The "no slaves in ancient Egypt" line is a load of manure from the state propaganda apparatus. There was no choice in the matter, and that compulsion is the basis for the idea that the pyramids were erected by slave labor.
There's an idiotic claim that, because there are the remains of bakeries and cheap housing near the former construction site, means that there were no slaves. Do slaves go without food and shelter for 20 years? Of course not.
20 posted on
02/19/2006 8:01:09 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(It's a big planet. We're willing to share. They're not. Out they go.)
To: Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
The pyramids were not built by slaves. They were built by farmers in the off-season.
Farmers doing the work that slaves wouldn't do?
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