The great pyramid was built by hand. It has something like 2.5 million stones. About 3 tons each, extracted, carved, and transported by hand. Whatever your own task, you can probably do it. One item at a time.
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By slaves. With tools. I will pass on this method to get things done.
Probably not slaves. That's way more of a pop culture cliche than a historical reality. https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html …
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Ok. Built by towns of workers. With tools. I’m Scottish. I know feudalism. PS genuinely interesting article.
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Because of the flooding seasons in Egypt, there were periods where farmers couldn’t farm, so construction provided employment. (Still, conditions were probably not glorious or anything.)
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