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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by dylan604 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @04:51PM (#40382967)
Were there less laborers available after the Giza pyramids? Of course s/laborers/slaves/ would be implied. If the labor force was smaller later, would that contribute to less-sophisticated?
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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by mkl on Thursday May 16, 2024 @05:20PM (#40383337)
> Of course s/laborers/slaves/ would be implied.

Not if you want to be accurate: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyram..., https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-..., https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/were-slaves-used-to...

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