nope. everyone in the empire was required to spend some "civic duty" time in national service. It was mandatory. They've found the temp city that sprung up from the work camps.
Comment on Great Mystery of How Ancient Egyptians Built The Pyramids Finally Appears Solved
notfromhere@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Spoil alert: slavery. The river was the transport, but slaves did nearly everything else.
TigrisMorte@kbin.social 4 months ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nope. At least not that way. Latest I’ve read is that the pharao taxed quite heavily, so people had to earn their own food back by working on public projects. Not really voluntary, but not slavery, either.
notfromhere@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Today I learned.
casmael@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Nah seems to have been seasonal citizen workers. Ancient Egyptians didn’t have money, but they seem to have been ‘paid’ in food, grain, accommodation etc.
craftyindividual@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yep, slaves has been debunked for years. Also they needed healthy well fed workers to make such a big construction. In the Fall of Civilizations podcast the host mentions graffiti that suggests healthy competition amongst employees.
teft@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t forget beer. They were paid with lots of beer.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It is my understanding that beer was basically food in this time period
Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Born too early to explore the galaxy, born too late for beer to be my primary food source.