It's worth noting that archeologists believe pyramid workers were actually treated fairly well, and were even buried alongside the pyramids.
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I hope they bury me at the office when I work myself to death.
They weren't worked to death tho.
The whole thing was a make work program on one side and a pacification program on the other.
The former because work happened during the flodding season, when no farming could be done. Thus the peasants had no income otherwise.
The latter because it kept the peasants busy, thus unlikely to become unruly. In addition peasants developped a personal connection to public works, having took part in their creation.
The workers were paid, had healthcare and free housing. In addition, the first documented workplace strike happened on such a project.
Also, them being burried alongside the pyramids did not equate them being burried at their office. Being burried next to the pyramids was otherwise a privilege for nobility and priesthood.
Yeah! I'd like a Lennon-style coffin, myself. Let everyone see how happy I am on the way in!
It's worth noting that this belief is based on you reading a Reddit post one time that referenced a paper about a single dig at one pyramid that demonstrated that some workers at that one pyramid ate some bread and beef.
Probably.
There are 118 known pyramids built over a period of a thousand years.
This anecdote is referring to the Great Pyramids at Giza. Obviously nobody can make the claim that every pyramid everywhere in the world was built by workers and not a single one could have been by slaves.
It's worth noting that archeologists believe pyramid workers were actually treated fairly well, and were even buried alongside the pyramids.
It's worth noting that this belief is based on you reading a Reddit post
Damn, I didn't realize that just reading a post on Reddit would influence archeologists that much. Too bad I didn't actually read it on Reddit.
Anyway, when I wrote my comment I wrongly remembered that this was true for Egyptian pyramids (like the one in the picture) in general, though this has only really been shown in relation the pyramids of Giza.
You could've just pointed that out instead of being an asshole about it...
that demonstrated that some workers at that one pyramid ate some bread and beef.
...though this statement leads me to believe you don't actually know what you're talking about; they literally found the oldest bakery in Egypt there, and they found much more than just evidence of high quality food.
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html