From: John Jurgens (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 01:30:50 MDT
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[Bodie]
and it's fact that the egyptians used a lot of slaves to make the
pyramids.
[kharin]
The original reason for this debate was my noting that much current
thinking suggests that slave labour was not used to construct the
pyramids.
[rhinoceros]
In fact, the question of whether slave labor was used to construct the
pyramids was left open.
I would really want to know more about it. My current view is that slave
labor was a historical necessity for that socio-economic stage. So, any
evidence that the pyramids were built by hired labor or volunteers or
any other way would cast doubt on this view, and I would have to give it
some serious thought.
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[Blunderov]
I'm almost certain that I have seen hieroglyphs of victorious Egyptian
armies taking slaves. Whether they were used to build the pyramids is,
of course another matter, but presumably there would have had to be a
compelling reason not to use slave labor in such a massive project if it
was available.
Perhaps the archeological remains of well cared-for workers rumored to
have been found were those of "consultants"?
Fond regards
Blunderov
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