Sometimes I bitterly wonder if it was humanity’s acceptance of slavery that enabled those large constructions. Things like safe working conditions didn’t exist back then.
Of course, we basically have prison slavery, but I’m sure they’d prefer the products of that labor not be so publicly visible.
The pyramids were built by skilled labour. One of the options for paying taxes was to work on public works. It was also seen as a religious event, akin to modern missionaries.
And those workers were even afforded healthcare - a rarity at the time? (I would be significantly less enthused if I found out that it only covered work-related accidents rather than all things, but even so, still not the norm for slavery.)
The pyramids were architected and overseen by skilled labor. There was a whole lot of unskilled labor involved to move those blocks across the desert and into place.
Sometimes I bitterly wonder if it was humanity’s acceptance of slavery that enabled those large constructions. Things like safe working conditions didn’t exist back then.
Of course, we basically have prison slavery, but I’m sure they’d prefer the products of that labor not be so publicly visible.
The pyramids were built by skilled labour. One of the options for paying taxes was to work on public works. It was also seen as a religious event, akin to modern missionaries.
And those workers were even afforded healthcare - a rarity at the time? (I would be significantly less enthused if I found out that it only covered work-related accidents rather than all things, but even so, still not the norm for slavery.)
The pyramids were architected and overseen by skilled labor. There was a whole lot of unskilled labor involved to move those blocks across the desert and into place.
Not for the pyramids