Yes, via the Goa'uld
2007-06-11 05:31:36
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answer #1
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answered by krafto8 3
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Most people at that time were farmers. The whole farming business was based on the water of the river Nile. The Egyptians did not use an irrigation system but let the river flood their fields. The system worked well but for a few months each year the fields were flooded and no work there was possible. So there was a huge labor-force available which the Faraos used for building pyramids and temples. Recent findings have made clear that there was housing for the workers near the building site and daily payment.
2007-06-11 08:02:31
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answer #2
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answered by dimitris k 4
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The idea that slaves built the pyramids is an old misconception. These monuments are so unique and have never been replicated and were built by people with an advanced knowledge of mathematics and mechanics. There may have been an element of slave labor for some of the more menial tasks but the majority of the workers were skilled craftsmen who had a job for life and lived accordingly.
For the movement and placing of the huge blocks of stone large numbers of peasants were recruited during the period every year when the Nile flooded and work on the agricultural land was impossible for four months.
2007-06-11 17:27:22
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answer #3
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answered by brainstorm 7
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No - no - no. The pyramids were built by Egyptians; we finally have the proof in the form of the workman's village that Mark Lerner found in his excavations. The area shows distinct egyptian cultural material and even tombs for them too (which have inscribed egyptian names). The pyramids were also built during the OLD KINGDOM period (about 2500 BC).
The myth of slaves building the pyramids really does come from the Bible (and people have been trying to make it work ever since) but there is absolutely no evidence for this. Heck, when the biblical pharaoh Rameses is compared with the historical Rameses II, you'll notice that the pyramids were already 2000 years old by this point. Kind of strange that some people would take credit for an indigenous structure eh?
2007-06-11 05:37:55
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answered by N W 2
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Even the Bible does not say that. The pyramids were thousands of years old before Abraham was even born near the city of Ur, which is modern day Iraq. The Bible says the Israelites made bricks, with and without a straw delivery. The pyramids are not made of bricks they are made of stone. Even the Israelites / Hebrews never made such a crazy claim to have built the pyramids. The pyramids were thousands of years old before the Hebrews even claimed to have begun to exist. Likewise Enoch had not yet been born when the pyramids were already anancient
2016-05-17 08:38:45
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answered by ? 3
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No, that is a common misconception. Slaves did not build the pyramids. It was the work of the common Egyptians. To them, they were more then happy to go to work for the immortality of their pharaoh. They only worked on the pyramids when the Nile flooded and they could no longer work in their fields.
2007-06-13 06:06:36
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answered by Josephine 3
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No it was not slaves. The pyramids were built by Egyptian citizens.
The pyramids were probably the earliest and largest national construction projects. Most societies have their citizens pay taxes to promote national welfare; the ancient Egyptians served their country by building the pyramids. Largely a farming community, farmers spent their rotation in the off-season building pyramids. During the farming season, families rotated out their workers/ family members. "It's An-hoteps's turn to work the pyramids this year!" :-)
By dedicating their work to building the pyramids, they were assuring themselves a place in the afterlife by assisting Pharaoh in building his tomb, in itself a homage to their gods. So their motivation was not only national, it was spiritual.
Check out some of the History Channel DVD's on ancient Egypt, we've seen most of them and they explore the topic of how the pyramids were built, and by who, quite thoroughly.
2007-06-12 07:34:39
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answered by Anonymous
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The system was thought to be called corvee labor. When the crops werent being worked on, everyone got together and assisted. Keep in mind that you were building the final resting place for a god, not a person. Since the pyramids werent being worked on non-stop throughout the year, you can imagine how long it would take.
2007-06-11 11:26:19
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answered by DekH 3
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No! recent surveys of structures discovered near the pyramids turned out to be workers accomodation, they were paid a daily wage and well fed, NO SLAVES were used.
2007-06-11 05:39:07
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answer #9
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answered by conranger1 7
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Archaeological digs do not show shackles and chains associated with slavery of the time so this was likely not slavery but a massive public works project.
2007-06-11 05:44:12
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answered by Billy Dee 7
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the jews were the slaves that built the egyptian pyramids for the pharohs.
2007-06-11 06:08:26
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answer #11
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answered by Luv you! 3
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