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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (4 children)

i think the people saying its a mystery just didnt want to admit it was slave labour

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But it wasn't slave labour. It was constructed by highly skilled craftsman who seemingly enjoyed better living standards than their non-pyramid constructing equivalents.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They were paying their taxes to the state in labor, which is probably where the slavery misconception/interpretation comes from.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think it comes from the Bible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I assumed it was from the Moses story being one of the main cultural sources for ancient egypt

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

That's dumb, I'm sure some think that because of racism but that can be said of anything. I think for most it's due to the mystery about their construction that still remains and the seeming impossibility of moving huge numbers of truly massive blocks 6000 years ago. If it was an equivalent sized castle or something built with blocks that could be carried by one or two people there would be less motivation to look for crazy explanations.

Not everything is racist.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Maybe that's what they mean when they say we couldn't build the pyramids with modern technology. Not nearly enough slaves.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Except they weren't built by slaves...